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Show 135 Chua saw a dark figure cross the sacred commeal. "Haqumi! Who are you?" asked the One Horn. "I am Ahote, Chief of the Snake Clan," Ahote said. Ahote had followed him. "You are an intruder," said the One Horn. "Death will come to you." He lunged for Ahote, but Ahote slid out of his reach. "Chua must return with me," Ahote said. "He needs to be present for my sacrifice. I will sacrifice the new baby before I go to the next world." Another One Horn Priest came from behind and grabbed Ahote, but he squirmed away. The priests were clumsy in their heavy headdresses. "I must find Chua," he shouted. "He has escaped." Mongwi heard the scuffle, as another One Horn Priest came to grab Ahote. But Ahote's thin body escaped them all as he crossed the com meal again and again on the road before fleeing onto the mesa. "Death will come to him," Toho said. The One Homs followed Ahote out onto the mesa, but they could not keep up with him. Ahote had only his loincloth on, and the priests wore full costumes. " I must follow him," Chua said. "He's going to kill my baby brother as soon as he is bom. Ahote says he needs a sacrifice before he enters the fifth world." "What?" Toho said. "I came for your help, Mongwi," Chua said, "not for the ceremony." "I lmew/ne^vTrtrtfr-be trouble/' Mongwi said. "I knew it from the first time |