Raul always agreed with whatever his brother said, and the two girls thought this plan was a good idea too, so they all unanimously agreed.

They took out the registration forms from the package and also pulled out the pens for registration. These weren’t quill pens or charcoal pens but pencils, made from graphite and clay mixed in proportion, compressed and heated to form the core, with two wooden pieces glued on the outside to make the body. Due to the craftsmanship of the time, the pencils were thicker than modern ones, both in the core and the casing, and about half as long. But the writing was still clear...