Two Eyes Cenote sky raven

He offered to go when the time came, to represent Moontide and his lodge, and to impress upon the others of the village that he was almost a man, able to handle more responsibility. It would be the farthest he'd ever traveled in his life! Raiyuk was excited for it; and before long, he was off with Heph.

They stopped by Moonspear and gathered the representative from the sister-village (who turned out to be the girl from before, and fortunately Heph said her name during the reintroduction, saving Raiyuk in a way they would never know). He was at once pleased for the company, and nervous about looking good.

There was a stop at another place before they reached the lowlands, but it was not of great importance to Raiyuk. He was friendly and dutiful, but seemed distracted by Seal the whole time, and when they carried on to the place called Muat-Riya, the boy never lost that focus. He helped carry the offerings for some distance, or tried to joke with Seal and make her laugh to help pass the time.

Then, when they were at the meeting place, they were met by someone small yet loud; Raiyuk was immediately on-edge when the strong scent of coyote caught in his nose; but he looked to Heph for silent direction on what to do, and other than keeping a careful watch of their surroundings, he kept quiet.