Alfonso Araujo: 2 books

Each character's words are parts of a puzzle, one which we may decide to complete or not. And so, will we listen to the answer of the Pearl, rather than the one from the Perfume, or from the Ashes?

One day, being an apprentice, I was drinking tea with my teacher. We had just finished a class on traditional medicine, and it had been some time since my last physical training. Some weeks before, I had taken lessons on ancient rites and history, and now here I was, just learning that starting the...