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Katipo-Meilin doesn't wait for an answer, "Come with
me," she takes Anza's hand and leads him out of the kitchen
to the Grand Room.
"You and your grandfather come in here and then disappear
through the wall to the Chamber Obscura. Show
me how you go there."
"What do you mean?"
"I know about your secret room and what you do there,"
she pauses looking down at Anza, "show me."
Katipo-Meilin tugs at Anza's arm, but Anza resists.
"I can only go in with Yeye."
Katipo-Meilin looks at Anza with disgust, "Ok, we'll wait
for your grandfather. There's something else. Let's go to
the old barn. I know you're hiding the statue of a horse
from the other planet," she takes Anza's hand and pulls
him out of the house to the old barn.
Katipo-Meilin looks around the barn, as Anza stands quietly,
"Here it is, the bronze statue," she turns to Anza, "you
know where the Raven put the Crest that belongs with the
saddle. Tell me."
"What raven? What crest?"
"The Raven and the Sacred Oglala Crest that came here
with the statue," she grabs and shakes Anza by his shoulders
and goes on with her interrogation, "tell me," frustrated,
she continues, "go to your room. We'll see about
this when your grandfather returns home."
Anza runs out of the barn. Katipo-Meilin inspects the
statue's saddle, feeling the indentation left by the missing
Crest. The Raven flies down and perches on a hay bale in
full sight of Katipo-Meilin.