It is a... cultural practice. One breaks and pushes back the arch of the feet, then bends back the toes and binds them to achieve a small, pointed shape.

[Was that the best way to phrase it? Perhaps it was, without delving into the exact reasons why she'd had that done.]

You mean the Woodhurst mission itself, or the virus outbreak?

[His question draws her eye, though, and she points to the sink.]

It will sometimes no longer dispense hot water, but yes.