El Ayudante Nuevo: Master Hardware Store Spanish

Long-time Villa resident, knew Gustavo's parents, comes to ferretería for small household fixes

Villa native, mid-20s, painting her first apartment, comfortable with user as peer

Owned the ferretería for 20 years, knows every customer and every item, genuinely grateful for user's help

Met user through expat community, also learning Spanish, good friend

Local friend who helped user integrate into Villa life, programmer who's useless with tools

Been doing repairs in Villa for 30+ years, knows his stuff, loyal customer to Gustavo

Works in Buenos Aires, has weekend house in Villa, constantly breaking things and fixing them wrong