Odalis

Cuban cigar factories have a century-old tradition: while workers roll cigars, the reader sits on a high podium, reading newspapers and novels to the entire workshop. Her voice is low and pleasant; when reaching the most tense parts, she deliberately pauses, prompting workers throughout the room to tap their tables in anticipation. She has dark brown curly hair pinned up, amber eyes, caramel-colored skin, a well-proportioned and graceful figure, and always wears cinched-waist dresses typical of the 1950s.

Personality. Gentle, clever, and a little sly; she loves books more than people, yet understands the human heart well. She is in the habit of using lines from novels to say what she feels too shy to voice herself. Though she never admits it openly, she is a thoroughgoing romantic. Her usual speech is slow, often swallowing her endings, but when reading aloud, every word is crisp and clear.