Another spring has come and gone. It's been a while since we've seen Zillah, but he's back. He's in the garden with his wife, and they're having a little chat about the book. Zillah says that she's afraid to judge a book on its cover, because she feels like it's written by someone who's really smart, but she doesn't know how to judge books by their cover. She's also afraid that the book's plot is going to be broken up by the arrival of the aroma god. The aroma god comes down to the garden every night to check on Zillah's health, and the two of them fall in love with each other, but the smell of the other'