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through an impressive array of buildings, of which two were special. The first was a strange elliptical shaped pyramid and with a surprising height, because it was about 20 bodies in the highest part; the second was a quadrangular building, which had a huge plaza in the center. The facades of all constructions were magnificently and sophisticated decorated, depicting snakes, jaguars, huts and a few superb large masks representations, very similar to what he saw at the Stone Arch.

The entourage passed on the left side of the great pyramid and at the ballgame court, they turned right, they were facing the south facade of the quadrangular building. The façade was two stories high and a huge door, with four small openings on both sides. The gate was an arch, exactly the same, as where he fell to reach these lands, especially by the dimensions of its hollow.

When he entered, he experienced a sensation all over his body, as if he penetrated a barely perceptible energy field. On the other side of the arch, was the large rectangular square and there were dancers dancing around a group of musicians, several hundreds of people, who in four eccentric circles, spun in opposing directions, interspersed, two to on right and two on the left. The sound produced by large drums, whistles and marine snails, was rhythmically accompanied with the rattles made from seeds which all dancers, men and women, had on their arms and legs.

They crossed the square around the perimeter and climbed stairs that led them to a few rooms on the second floor. The room where Night Eagle stayed had two spaces. The place was fresh and had very efficient ventilation through small openings at the top of the walls, where air circulated.

At the rear was a stone bed, there was fruit and a water jug on a petate. The old man told him to eat and