Marina

“We only remember what never really happened.”

Oscar wandering into that old house for a gold watch feels like the start of everything. Sometimes a small curiosity can pull you into a much larger, darker life.

“Every one of us has a secret locked in the box of our soul.”

Marina has this way of looking at the world that makes the gray parts of Barcelona feel magical. She shows how much life can be found in places others have abandoned.

Kolvenik trying to beat death with clockwork and surgery is terrifying. It makes you realize that some endings are actually meant to be final.

“Youth is a girlfriend who doesn't know how to be faithful.”

The way Oscar keeps secrets from his school shows how lonely growing up can feel. You can live an entire second life while everyone else thinks you are just sleeping.