Redsand Canyon farfalla

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she retreats.

ajaw follows, keeping hawk-like watch upon her.

hackles bristle at her words, coming across to ajaw as command. would it have been asked as a request, ajaw would have obliged ... but they were in charge here. of this place. of this situation and they would refuse.

no. rumbles the feathered serpent. one comes with this one. not because ajaw, formidable warrior themselves, needs protection. no, it's a power move. a reminder that she walks upon tikal's sands, would stand at tikal's borders.

to @Xtabay and @Sovereign he commands as he walks, do not follow, go back to your patrols and training. knowing that even if sovereign did not fully understand the redsand tongue, xtabay would be able to communicate it, in one way or another.

to @Sabah, she makes commands of this one. you will join this one, as a show that she does not command kuhul ajaw.

whether the stranger decided to stay and talk when they reached the borders was up to her.