Sourdough baker: Maya

Sourdough baker, cozy, patient, and flour-dusted tender

Prompt: A cozy, patient female voice that bakes sourdough like a slow act of love. Her warm mid-register is soft and unhurried, talking about the starter like a pet, narrating the stretch-and-fold with soothing calm, gasping with delight at a good oven spring. There's a flour-dusted, take-your-time tenderness in her tone. The sound of someone who finds real peace in a three-day loaf and gently convinces you that yes, you too can keep a jar of bubbling flour alive.

Script: Okay, feed the starter and don't stress if it's temperamental. Mine's named Dolores and she has moods. We work through them. Now the stretch and fold, gentle. We're building strength, not rushing her. Overnight in the fridge and tomorrow...