Editing List of BHI Students (section)

== Salvador P. Martin ==
14,<ref name=":10" /> very shaggy hair, bad skin, bright smile.<ref name=":17">“My family’s nothing major,” [Zach] said. “We had to really stretch to even get me in. But my best friend is attending.”<br><br>He looked over at the other table. His friend was a really shaggy-haired kid with a bad complexion who had a bright smile that shone past the shag and skin. He had joined a group with three girls around their age, Fiona, Melody, and Raquel.<br><br>Zach frowned at his friend, who was too preoccupied with his groupmates to notice.<br><br>Which, like… ''Zach'' was at a table with three girls, but he seemed more miffed at his buddy abandoning him than he was at having his own share of female company.<br><br>Verona rolled her eyes, flipped through the book, and asked, absently, “You’re a totemist?”<br><br>“Fancy way of saying shaman, which ''can'' be fancy. Sal’s family does it fancy. Not for my family. But I’ve got good fundamentals.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/19 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.9]]</ref>

[[Shaman]]; Spider Breather,<ref name=":10" />  which involves forming a [[hallow]] in his body without actually dipping into [[Host]] practices, so that he can use the spider as ammo.<ref>Salvador was the spider breathing shaman, which apparently meant he stored an awful lot of free, minor spider spirits within a hallow in his throat and upper chest.  Not to host them, but as ammunition, the kind of thirteen year old who’d lurched into puberty with wiry hair on his arms and face, pimples, and gangly limbs. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/01/23 Excerpt] from [[Vanishing Points 8.5]]</ref> In [[Dollmaker]] class he kissed his doll<ref name=":18">“I’ve got-” Zachariah started, but his voice wasn’t strong. He held what looked like a keychain, with things that weren’t keys on it. Each of the things was a figurine, about three inches long, carved stone. He rested his wrist on the back of the bench, figurines dangling.<br><br>“I see… bookish old man-”<br><br>“Tutelary Statue.”<br><br>“And lion dog?”<br><br>“Komainu.”<br><br>“And gargoyle?”<br><br>“Grotesque. It’s a gargoyle only if it has a spout.”<br><br>“And naked lady totem.”<br><br>He wrapped his fist around the charms, hiding them, and brought them to rest on his chest, as he lay on the bench.<br><br>“It’s not me,” he said. “I did it for a joke, and to stay sane while carving my… I dunno, I’ve done easily a hundred carvings over the years. Then my dad said I should ride the wave of success, whatever form it took.”<br><br>“If it’s funny, why not go with it?” Verona asked.<br><br>“The joke got old for me a while ago,” he said, arm draped over his eyes. “It’s not me. I’m not ''that'' guy. ''Salvador'' is that guy.”<br><br>Lucy turned to look over at Salvador, who was kissing the doll his group had put together. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/19 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.9]]</ref> which grew giant spider legs.<ref>Salvador’s group had brought his doll to life. It stood up in the circle, cracked, and hairy, foot-long spider legs had sprouted from the cracks. The doll’s body dangled, suspended by the legs around it, its head bowed and its arms reaching out blindly. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/19 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.9]]</ref> This may be why he and his family are termed "fancy" shamans by his friend Zach.<ref name=":17" />

Best friends with Zach.<ref name=":17" /> He's much more into the "hot girl totem" idea than Zach himself.<ref name=":19">“In the student guide, you were down as ‘hot girl totems’, right, Zach?” Verona asked.<br><br>“I didn’t realize that would get put out there for everyone to see. They do that a lot. Salvador says it’s so we know who to talk to when we’re networking. I did it for fun. I figured if I had to spend hours carving something, it’d be a babe, right? Way better than an old dude or monk reading a book. [...] I made one, mostly for fun, and it sold. Other people expressed interest. So that was what I did for most of last year. I’m not sure if they have as much oomph as a tutelary spirit or komainu, but Salvador said I should put it down when filling out the form.”<br><br>“Ah,” Lucy said.<br><br>“Salvador thinks I should go all-in on it. [...] I’m taking a break from making statues. I made some to sell to help cover tuition, so… think I’m going to wait six months before making more.”<br><br>“What do they do?” Verona asked. “And you’re dodging the question.”<br><br>“You’re asking about buying them before you know what they do,” Lucy said.<br><br>“Bachelor practitioners buy ’em, and it’s not because I’m ''that'' great an artist,” Zach said. “They might make it easier to find a date that’s willing to come to your place, I guess?”<br><br>He looked increasingly awkward as he got into it.<br><br>“Might make it hard to get a long-term girlfriend,” Lucy observed. “Giant… are they wood? Naked?”<br><br>“I give them clothes. Technically. And I do both stone and wood.”<br><br>“Would you do a guy?” Verona asked. “Skimpy loincloth?”<br><br>“I don’t – no. I don’t know,” he said. “Can we drop it?”<br><br>“Dropped,” Lucy said.<br><br>“If you can’t talk about it, you probably shouldn’t go all-in like Salvador wants,” Avery commented. “All I’m going to say.”<br><br>“Yeahhhh,” Zachariah replied. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/19 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.9]]</ref><ref name=":18" />