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round and is heading for the showers.
    Fumbling for my toothbrush and
small tube of toothpaste in the mug, I manage to clean my teeth and
wash my face in a hurry. I spot an empty shower and gather my things
quickly. But as I turn around, Kylee elbows her way past me and
beats me to the empty shower. As she strips, she turns her head to
the side and watches me out of the corner of her eye, studying my
reaction.
    The water runs down her face,
but still she keeps her cool, impassive gaze on me. I meet her eyes
steadily, calmly, until I notice that the blond girl beside her has
finished showering.
    Still keeping my face blank, I
walk quickly over to step under the shower once the girl leaves. I
start pumping soap onto my palm from the plastic dispenser mounted on
the wall and start shampooing and soaping. I can still feel Kylee's
eyes on me, but I am not bothered. I have to keep up with the rest
of the girls. Treat this like a military operation, Pam said.
Swift, sharp and silent.
    I rinse the soap off my hair and
body, and I blink the water from my eyes to see Kylee shaving her
underarms and legs with practiced, efficient strokes. I run the
blunt shaver a couple of times down my legs to get rid of one or two
stray hairs, and rinse off quickly.
    By the time I finish drying
myself, Kylee has already wrapped her towel around her body and
gathered up her things.
    The bathroom is almost empty. I
count less than half a dozen girls left in the bathroom. I don't
want to be the last to leave so I wrap myself up in the rough towel
and trail after Kylee. We enter the room together, but she doesn't
even glance at me this time. She simple strolls over to her mattress
and unwraps the towel around her body to dry her hair. The rest of
the girls are combing their hair and passing a tube of lipstick
around.
    I pull the plastic comb from my
mug and start dragging it through my tangled brown hair. Taking the
cue from the rest of the girls, I dress myself in the thin tank top
and tiny shorts.
    “ Here, Ana.” Pam
holds out the lipstick to me. “Each room gets just one tube of
lipstick. Use it sparingly. Apply a little to your lips, cheeks and
eyelids. And blend, blend, blend.”
    I nod and do as she says. Pam
tilts her head to the side as she watches me. I throw a sidelong
glance at her and she smiles. She is half a head shorter than me,
with brown wavy hair, full lips, gangly limbs and small breasts. She
even has a scar on her left shoulder, like me. She could be my elder
sister.
    As she moves forward to replace
the cap on the lipstick, her eyes linger at the ugly scar on my left
shoulder.
    “ This scar...” she
begins.
    “ Yeah.” The
Emperor gave it to me.
    Her lips quaver, but she doesn't
ask further. I won't ask her how she got that jagged scar on her
shoulder either.
    “ Hey, if you're done, can
I have the lipstick?” Kylee calls out impatiently.
    “ Oh, sure.” Pam
gives me a shrug and moves off to hand the lipstick to Kylee. I
stare around at the other girls' made up faces. They have applied
the color expertly, with their lips, cheeks and eyelids subtly
shaded. Frowning, I gingerly dab my fingers over my lips and cheeks.
I think I might have applied a tad too much color on my face. I
can't imagine how ridiculous I look right now.
    May and Lilin come over to me,
tittering. “No, no, you're overdoing your cheeks,” May
shakes her head. “You don't want to look like a clown.”
    “ And your eyes,”
Lilin says in a disapproving tone. “Do you want to look like
you've just been in a fight? Here, let me do it. You've got to
blend it outwards, like this...”
    The two of them cluck and
chatter non-stop as they knead their fingers all over my cheeks,
eyelids and lips. I hold my breath, listening to their rapid fire,
half-completed sentences and comments.
    Finally, they step back and
survey their handiwork. “There! This is how you do it.”
    They hi-five each other, and
smirk at me.
    “ Um, thanks,” I
stammer.
    Shrugging,