On his first day of drum lessons, the teacher confiscates the drumsticks and announces that the class will spend the whole term playing only the silences. Elián lasts exactly twenty seconds before his hands rebel.
Part 1 of 4 in The Map of Silences
«Las baquetas, sobre la mesa», dijo Josefina Ludueña. «No las van a necesitar por un tiempo». Elián Ferreyra miró a los otros estudiantes.
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