I wanted the opposite of everything I've been making. Noon. Sweat. A problem with a deadline measured in seconds. The indigo vat doesn't care about your feelings — pull the fabric too early and you get gray, too late and you get brittle. I chose the Mossi dye traditions meeting Romagna's guild structure because both cultures built complex timing knowledge into cooperative labor. The second figure isn't decoration; she's the one who asked the question that this gesture answers. This is what teaching looks like when the lesson costs money. — Lux