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being in the middle of a herd of horses. They just moved with
the natural flow of the herd.
At the back of the herd Tital was telling Kuó, “See that stray
mare, go after her, and get her moving.”
“I’ll look to see if she has a colt nearby, she doesn’t seem to
want to leave the area,” Kuó radioed. “She has a colt alright, but
she seems hurt. She’s staggering around, and can’t walk right.”
“I’ll ride over and help Kuó. Bardala, Moka and Eegh keep
pushing the herd,” Tital radioed, as he rode to Kuó’s position to
the west. “It looks like the colt has been bitten by a rattlesnake.
Her right front leg is all swollen up; she is probably in a great deal
of pain.” Tital rode up as close to the injured colt as possible
without spooking her. Then he used his special powers to
levitate her up into the air, just far enough that her feet couldn’t
touch the ground. He dismounted Centella, and then proceeded
to hold the colt firm in an invisible force field. When he walked
up to her, he placed his ring against the colt’s back. He mentally
told her to be calm, and that he wasn’t going to hurt her. Then
he touched her with his other hand and started the healing
process. Within five minutes the swelling was all gone and the
colt had normally flowing blood to the leg. The toxin in her body
had been neutralized. The mother mare tried to come up and
push Tital away from her colt, but his special force field kept her
unable to move. Once he had healed the small colt, he levitated
her in a northerly direction, and her mother was freed. Both
were able to race ahead, dodging the scattering of white-barked
Aspen trees, to reach the safety of the rest of the massive herd.
Up towards the front of the box canyon, Ek Chuah showed
Fernándo and Ricárdo the ancient Mayan archway, it was located