"DOn't be silly! Walls can't talk!" The wallpaper said. "Oh, look, daylight!"
The long, lean redheaded woman in the chair by the window barely looked up from her book. "Shut up paper."
The wall whined.
She glanced up, with solid green eyes. no pupil, no white. "Oh. It's you. Helena said to tell you she was working tonight but she'd be back in the morning. Some sailors were willing to pay extra."