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hadn’t done that I don’t know if we could have brought you back
to this world. Tell us again how Yum Cimil disappeared when
Tital’s ring touched his old head. Where do you think he went
to? Do you think he’s back here on Vivia somewhere?”
“I don’t know for sure about that, it was all the power in the
ring, it sent him somewhere. I don’t even know why the ring
stayed on my hand when we were transported to Xibalbá.
Bardala’s bow and arrows didn’t go with us to Xibalbá, we had
our clothes and that was it. Just more questions to ask Huracán,”
Tital told the crew.
Moka started chattering and Viviana asked Tital, “Moka
wants to know if you can get him one of those rings like yours, or
a staff.”
“I’m afraid I don’t know where any more rings or staffs are
located, but if I find another of either one of them, and everyone
else agrees, then the next magically thing we find is yours.” All
the crew agreed Moka proved himself a trusted friend and
should have the next ring or staff that was found.
“Now, we need to regroup. We need to stay more focused
and alert for danger,” Bardala told the crew.
“How long were we...dead, I guess I mean unconscious?” Tital
asked Jonathan.
“I set my stopwatch function on my Fossil watch, it showed a
total time of twenty-nine minutes. Yes, I already know that is the
total when you add the lucky Maya numbers of seven, nine, and
thirteen together. It was just another strange little fact. It helps
when fortune smiles on you from above,” Jonathan replied.
“Tomorrow, we all will go explore the pyramid before we go
on our trip back to Earth to gather all the horses and burros. Get
some sleep. It looks like we will need it. Danger is always in the