Aishwarya

There is a need for you in all these places.

You will not feel pain.

You will wake up in your new world, free of all your own desires.

But if a mistress fails her duty, the spices will punish her.

I love being a mistress of spices.

The spices are my love.

I know their origins, colors, smells, their magic powers.

Yes, they all hold magic.

Every spice has a purpose.

And for each person, there's a special spice.

I am named Tilo, after the sesame seed.

The spice of nourishment.

But here, no one knows who I am.

Yes, Haroon?

Ah, Lady Jain.

Ah, please.

I am sick of old Lady Kabaddiya.

These rich Indians, they think they're still in India.

They treat us like animals.

Do this, that, drive me here, there, not even a nod of thanks.

Lady Jain, you must read my fortune today.

Haroon, you know I can't read your fortune.

Yes, but Ahmed said you helped him get a green card.

He was nervous before the interview, and so I just gave him some bramli leaves to chew on.

Yes, but he remembered Allegiance Pledge.

First time, in English.

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