Prologue: The Silencing of the Prince

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:54:33 +0000

The air in the "Atelier de Karin" was filtered to a surgical grade of 20ºC. It was a sanctuary of chrome, glass, and precisely calibrated sensors located on the 44th floor of a Bangkok skyscraper, high above the humid, spice-laden chaos of the city below. In this room, scent was not a feeling; it was a series of molecular weights, a collection of Esters, Aldehydes, and Terpenes that could be decoded with a Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer.