I mean, you

were our first choice, but we can always find someone else. No, no, no. I'm totally up to the task. Six months to design and build an atrium that's dramatic, majestic, and larger than life for the very first church in all of Ecuador?

No problem.

Out of curiosity though, what would happen if I didn't design and build the atrium within six months? Oh,

that's simple. You won't get paid for the

job. And the keto police will throw you in jail. For life. Oh, I see. But in that case, no worries. I'll have the entire job done within six months. You can count on me. Everyone shook hands on the deal. Then the friars went on their way. But the moment Contunya was alone in his office… Six months! He began wringing his hands and pacing the floor. They want me to design and build from scratch. A ginormous church atrium in just six months. And if I don't succeed, I get no payment and life in prison. Contunya stopped pacing. He took a deep breath, then let it out. Well, obviously I have to make it happen now. After all, I've given my word that I'll finish on time. And my word is my bond. Time to get to work. So, Contunya rolled up his sleeves and got to work. The first step was to create drawings or blueprints, showing what the structure would look like inside and out. So Contunya sat down at his table. He sharpened his pencil. Then he grabbed a big pad of paper and began to draw. Okay. We'll put a doorway here and some windows there. Or should the doorway be there and the windows here? Ah! Alright, let me try this again. Contunya drew. Now, how about some columns? And drew. Yes! Many, many columns. And drew some more. Ah, that's too many columns. Day after day, night after night, Contunya sat hunched over his table. His pencil clutched in his hand as he went through endless sheets of paper and endless cups of coffee until, at last, his blueprints were complete. Oh yeah. There was just one problem. Oh no. When Contunya checked his calendar, he realized it had taken him five months to create the blueprints. And I only have six months to finish the entire atrium. Blueprints construction the whole kiddin' kaboodle. Which means I only have one month left to gather my materials, hire my workers and do all the building. That's basically four weeks.