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beautiful reflections, the walls contained an ore that increased reflexes and provide a mosaic of indescribable colors.

This was the secret place of the pochtecas. They had a carved an altar in the rock, lavishly decorated with painted stucco. Especially highlighted was the mask of the water divinity. Each eye consisted of three rectangular shaped and profusely carved stones. The first resembled an eyebrow, with a line resembling a mountain, but at the same time was the symbol of the snake, three circles within the mount and below them, a vertical lines carved symbolizing eyelashes. The second stone, under the first, had an eye cavity and a circle carved as an eye, with three stone circles per side. The third stone, under the second, had the same design as the first, but inverted, forming the complementing part of the eye. In the middle of the six stones other three were embedded, making the shape of the nose, which was characteristic of the water God in these lands, as it was very similar to the "shining seven stars" design; the mouth immediately below the eyes and the jaws formed two snakes in profile looking at each other.

The storm turned into a hurricane as never seen before, the winds destroyed everything in its path. Thanks to the Elders Council precautions, when the wind was destroying homes and knocking down trees, the entire population was safe in the makeshift shelter.

The night was terrible. The rain that fell nonstop accompanied by fierce gusts of wind, that howled upon entering the mouth of the cave. The community was safe in that cave and would wait until the hurricane passed.

Due to the number of people at the place, since people from other neighboring villages also arrived to take refuge, Night Eagle and other men went to the secret part of the cenote. When Night Eagle was observing the impressive altar, lightning fell a