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to keep them separate when Trall’s tribe occupies the city?” Tital
asked.
“Those things that you ask of me are easy for me to do,” Zotz
answered.
“Remember, I would like the Atoo to buy the horses that they
will need in the future from the Almaya. I would prefer to build a
peaceful economy between each of those tribes. It is better than
killing Atoo warriors. One more thing before you go, how are the
baby Pterodactyls getting along that were atop Kukulcán’s
Pyramid?”
“The twelve babies have been saved.
Some adult
Pterodactyls have adopted the little ones. The adults took over
the job of feeding the babies. They are growing much bigger,”
Zotz informed Tital and Bardala. “By the time the Almaya come
to Dómpu City, it will be time for the babies to be trained to obey
humans, just like Gigantoraptors.”
Moka began chattering and Viviana translated, “Moka says
he wants the baby Pterodactyls to be trained not to eat monkeys,
and to obey them. He wants Zotz to send for his other son, Ligh,
to come and help with the taming of the Pterodactyls.”
“You can do that for Moka?” Tital asked of Zotz.
“Yes, I will find him, and have him come and help us,” Zotz
replied.
“Zotz, it is going to take us about two months of Earth time to
achieve our mission goal of at least fifty thousand horses moved
to Vivia. In today’s work, we only had to move a herd over
basically twenty kilometers. Later, we will have to transport the
herds over seventy to one hundred kilometers. Today was just a
good training exercise for our crew. We learned some new
things, but we need to refine our efforts,” Tital said.