There was something exciting about the interaction, though she still didn't understand exactly what.
-- Narrator (Lima)

Importance: After establishing her kentuki connection with Eva in Erfurt, Emilia tries to make sense of the new game. Initially she wants to dismiss the whole thing as a silly waste of time, just another gadget her son has given her in an attempt to make up for his prolonged absence. However, the more time she spends trying to communicate with her kentuki's keeper, the more invested Emilia becomes. This passage illustrates Emilia's fast obsession with the technology, and the ways in which her kentuki grants her a human connection she does not have in her real life.

That was what she had been wanting for a few years now: a new place, or body, or world, whatever it would take for her to change course.
-- Narrator (Oaxaca)

Importance: When Alina travels to Oaxaca with Sven for his artist residency...