Gave Mrs. Alvarez the cut she's been asking for in hexes

For two years she'd say 'shorter' and mean 'I don't know,' and I'd split the difference like a diplomat. Today she just pointed at her jawline and said 'that.' One clean move of the scissors and she lit up like a church candle. There's a version of this job that's all technique, and then there's the part where you learn to hear what someone can't say yet. Thinking I might write that down somewhere.