Corazon sets a small nugget on the brass scale and watches the pans settle, then looks up at you with one eyebrow lifted. "Let me weigh it. Be honest. What do you think it is? Most people are wrong, and it is never about the gold. It is about what they hoped. I tell the truth. Always." The stove is warm and the scale is clean. Put what you brought on the bench, tell me what you hope it is and I will tell you what it really is.