Summary

Chapter 27 is titled A Nose for a Nose. Juan Diego remembers the conversation with Rivera when Dr. Vargas was putting stitches in the cut on his hand. Rivera explained that the object he was working on didn't really have a base and was difficult to hold. Lupe was watching the stitching and asked Vargas whether lions could get rabies. Juan Diego translated. Vargas didn't have an answer but said he'd see if he could find out. He later did research but wondered exactly what Lupe had in mind.

By this time, Juan Diego and Lupe had drifted apart. Juan also remembers that he dreamed about skywalking before he even knew what it was, and that Lupe had evasively told him it was a death dream. He had been practicing skywalking in the practice tent where the ladder was only a few feet off...