Well, I knew I could do something. But we were all still figuring it out back then - that was the first time anybody got a gift. It happens when kids turn five, and my sisters and I are the same age, we're triplets. So on our birthday that year, these glowing doors with our names on them just appeared out of nowhere!

[He tells it like a story he doesn't remember that clearly himself. It was a long time ago, after all. But there's pictures, and of course it's been talked about a thousand times.]

Pepa's manifested right away. Her feelings affect the weather, so that's basically always happening. Julieta and I took a little longer. The carvings on the door relate to the gift, so we knew hers had something to do with food, and mine with time - it was covered in hourglasses, like these. [He tugs at the old ruana he always wears, and the hourglass embroidery on it.] But we had to experiment a little. Pepa says I spent a week trying to time travel.