"They're all, like, on the rowing team," Xanthippe told him, as if that actually explained anything. She leaned against his side, just a little. "They're all tall and strong or whatever." And made her feel self-conscious about her noodle arms.

She pulled to a stop in front of a door. There was another pennant on it, but this one said Columbia University Crew. Sports. Yay.

She inhaled, then nodded at the door. "This is it."