Today's OneWord: Influence

Two women sit in dark red dresses at the small French restaurant where the roses grow in pots and the violin music is sharp and whining. They attempt to influence one another with their words, with their mantras, with their spells. One of them wields the power of academics, while the other simply has the siren's tongue. She practically sings as she speaks, and every poor sailor on the shore swims to her.