Encantober 2024: Recognition
Camilo Madrigal has always known who he is. Pepa Madrigal's middle child, first Madrigal grandson, town bromista and class clown. But everyone has more to them just under the surface. Lacking his gift, Camilo floats between ennui and anger, unsure of how to be there and support the family when the only way he's ever known how has been lost to him. Memories of past attempts raise a bitter taste in his mouth, and he wonders if there's anything to him at all outside of the public face of the Madrigal Clown and the private anxiety of being the second Madrigal Spy.
What use is he to the family as just Camilo, the fifteen year old with no particular skills and now a busted ankle? At least Antonio still comes to him when he's upset, and maybe that can be enough.
After pushing himself too hard to appease even his hermanito, Camilo finds himself dragged unwillingly into a heart to heart with the only adult he's still willing to speak to, Tío Agustín. Will it improve his outlook on the future, or serve to make things worse? Has Camilo's anger prevented him from seeing how his family truly views him all along?