A long pause. Then Shalimar laughed—a real laugh, raw and surprised, nothing like her practiced sultriness. The string bikini flickered into a comfortable cotton sundress. Her hair fell loose. She looked younger and older at once.
“Define interesting,” Zara said warily. Genie in a String Bikini
“That’s not how it works,” she whispered. A long pause
“You little menace,” she said, with something like affection. “That’s the first original wish I’ve heard since the Bronze Age.” raw and surprised