I boiled it down to an example in these two modules (they don't reflect the actual code). For sake of argument, they're just entitled module1 and module2:

use strict;
use lib ('./');
require 'module2.pl';

Alice->mTest2 ("Some stuff", "and something else");
1;
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use strict;
package Alice;

sub mTest2 {
  my ($junk, $and) = @_;
  print "$junk=$junk\n\$and=$and";
}
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Some stuff
and something else.

Instead I get:

Alice
Some stuff

Ok, after doing some searching and a bit of experimentation, I can see where a person would want to know the context the function is called. I fried my brain and all I can come up with is a shift on the @_ to look for the object name. If it matches, then proceed to get the rest of the array. If it doesn't match, then assume it's a variable I want to keep and proceed accordingly. But this seems really sloppy when all I really care about is the variables I want to deal with, not the package name.

I guess what I'm asking is, can someone clarify if this is some sort of error on my part, or is this perfect behavior (which I assume it is)? I tried to flip through the Camel to see if this is mentioned, but I can't find it :(
Gah! I need coffee...

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Thanks for your patience.