“I don’t understand this one,” Dev says. “Is it just a bunch of bags stapled to the wall?”

We read the small plaque, which doesn’t help much (“Antonio Villareal uses the medium of the bags of coffee from his native country to illustrate the loneliness of coming to the States on his own, along with his gratitude to his parents for sending him.”) and Pol points out that Villareal is a zorro, and when you smell the bags, you get coffee, dirt, and some asphalt odor. “The dirt and asphalt maybe contrast his old home and new home.”

“The smells are intentional?”

“Oh yes, they have to be.” She leans in and smells again. “I get the scent of some kind of fox, too. Probably him.”

“Don’t see the point of it if not everyone can get it,” Dev grumbles.

Farther along, there are more paintings, a couple embracing goats and a desert scene with cacti. Not too complicated. Dev and Pol examine them more closely as Hal and I stand back, and the swift fox lowers his voice. “If you can’t answer this, I understand, but…couldn’t help but notice that Kingston wasn’t at his own retirement speech.”

“You and your colored sclera.”

Illustration from Kyell Gold's Over Time, which was just released on AUDIOBOOK!