Two Eyes Cenote oh, anytime.

qiao greets him in her usual drab manner.
he looks to her face as she speaks, his reply is a simple,
i know.
the boy moves and takes the meat. rowdy had died, yes, but his appetite has not.
between a bites, he questions the crone.
why did you do it? 
but moreover he wants to know, like riley, like raider—
was he sick, too?
and he realizes he doesn’t even know—
what’s a mazoi?