Chih was startled to look over and find Nhung’s eyes on them. When she saw she had Chih’s attention, she lifted the cloth napkin to her face as if she was blotting her lips and quickly crossed her eyes and stuck out her tongue, long and red and shocking against the white of her face paint. It was so unexpected that Chih almost choked on their food, and then Nhung set down the napkin, so much the proper prospective bride that it was impossible to imagine her making a face like she just had.
