"Xolotl, my student. May the Main God bless us—drink this cup of wine with me!"
"Yes, teacher! May the Main God bless you; may you shine upon the world like the sun, while your student guards at your side like the Black Wolf!..."
"Haaha! The sun possesses the divinity of the Main God, and the Black Wolf possesses the divinity of the Death God. In the traditional myths of us Mexica People, though there is a difference between their divinities, there is no master and subordinate. They stand level and equal!"
"Ah! Teacher... no matter what, I am your student, and I should follow you as wings follow the eagle... I will always be loyal to you, because wings and eagle are one body to begin with!..."
"Yes! Wings and eagle are one body to begin with! You and I are one body to begin with..."
The sun went down, and a fire pit was lit inside the great tent as shadows surged in from all around. Two people sat beside the warm fire pit, dyed orange-yellow by the firelight. Avet moved with easy intimacy, smiling mildly as he drank the Green Plum Wine in his cup, one cup after another. Xolotl kept his movements respectful, always maintaining the etiquette of a student as he poured wine for his teacher, and was also pulled into drinking several cups himself.
"Come! Drink again!"
"Yes!"
"Haaha! Xolotl, you are my only student, my only son-in-law, and my only friend! Come, loosen your belly and drink a few more cups!"
"Yes... yes, yes!"
"I remember, more than ten years ago, this was exactly how we drank! We ate nothing, just drank and watched the setting sun until the sky was full of stars... and you even told me that you wanted to change