<div style="background-color:#FCFAFA; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="background-color:#6594A8; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="background-color:#D1E85D; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="background-color:#630908; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: papyrus;"></span></div></div></div></div><br/><div style="background-color:#FCFAFA; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="background-color:#6594A8; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="background-color:#D1E85D; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="background-color:#630908; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: papyrus;"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;"><br/>Xpiayoc stood in a defensive stance and watched intently as the stranger slowly lifted herself from the ground, making strange gestures. She didn't appear threatening, but Xpiayoc had been tricked before. When she and her brother would rough-house at a younger age, Gabor would pretend to be bested before springing from the ground when she was least prepared.<br/>"Don't think your enemy is a fool, or you will be fooled," he had said, giving her hair a light tussle before helping her up. She had always been weaker than him, but fought with a fierce tenacity. Despite her bravado, Xpiayoc had never been in a real fight for her life, and wasn't prepared for one now. Her thoughts turned to Hun Hunahpu, with his natural weapons: jaws and claws. He was ready for a fight, hackles raised, but to Xpiayoc, the pacing was distracting. She tapped her leg and he came to sit at her side, nose still straining to be close to the new, strange-smelling woman, who was currently fumbling around in a shirt pouch. Xpiayoc tightened her grip on her skinning knife, prepared to strike first should a weapon be withdrawn. The weapon wasn't the best for a fight, and Xpiayoc much preferred her bow, but anything was better than her bare hands against such a large person. The woman withdrew her hand slowly, and Xpiayoc was relieved to find it unarmed.<br/>The woman began speaking abruptly, as if something had been holding her back before. Xpiayoc stepped back in surprise. The woman spoke clearly and formally, the words of Xpiayoc's own language falling from her tongue perfectly. The only thing that stood out was the name she gave herself, <span style="font-style: italic">Susannah</span>. It was unlike anything Xpiayoc had ever heard, even from traders and adventurers, and meant nothing in Yucatec. It was as strange as the woman who bore it.<br/>The woman said she came from far away. That much was glaringly obvious as Xpiayoc stared into her jade coloured eyes. Xpiayoc thought back to her own, a set of dark, hooded orbs. If she could replace her eyes with precios stones, she would.<br/><span style="font-style: italic">Only passing through?</span> Xpiayoc mused, passing the skinning knife to her other hand and shifting her weight. She must have already traveled far to come here, let alone to go even farther. When Susannah said that she wasn't a threat, the huntress couldn't help but relax slightly, still keeping her position of power. <br/>"You are strange," Xpiayoc finally began, a slight frown on her face, "where are you from, and why are you traveling?" The hardness of her face and voice was dissipating, replaced with Xpyiaoc's natural, childlike wondering. If the phrase 'curiosity killed the cat' were to be applied to anyone in the village, it would be her. It took all Xpiayoc could not to sit on the ground and ask hundreds of questions, but her brother's words of warning echoed in her head, keeping her safe from the possible danger that this woman presented. <br/>Hun Hunahpu licked Xpiayoc's hand, and she fought back a giggle, tapping his nose lightly. He was such an inattentive fool. <br/><br/></span></span></div></div></div></div><br/><div style="background-color:#FCFAFA; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="background-color:#6594A8; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="background-color:#D1E85D; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="background-color:#630908; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: papyrus;"></span></div></div></div></div>