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THE BLUE FEATHER
body to Xibalbá. Once there, you can awaken him to serve you
for the required one thousand tuns.”
“How will you get him outside of that house? That house has
the internal markings on it that protect humans inside from us.”
“Yes, but my two friends here...”
“The Pterodactyls?”
“Yes, once I touch them, I will give them vision to be able to
fly at night, like our friends the bats. Once they fly close to the
house, they will scream out.”
“That doesn’t mean the human will come out.”
“The dog they have will come out of the building where their
horses are kept. He will bark up at the Pterodactyls, alarming the
humans. Maybe I will present you with more than one body for
you to take to Xibalbá.”
“You have planned well—this time.”
“Yes, I will not fail a second time.”
“The yellow moons start to kiss each other, the time is now.”
Ah Peku reached out and touched both Pterodactyls on their
pointed heads. Immediately, both reptilians leaped from the top
of the pyramid and flew towards the firelight below. Able to see
in the darkened sky, they needed to find food since they were
hungry, very hungry. Silently they flew, at first their dark
shadows fell on the stone-paved plaza below then everything
went pitch black.