In the village the life continued as if nothing had happened, but for Daniel everything was new. He had no idea what should do as a member of the tribe, so he just decided to do the same thing as Msi’ and follow her everywhere.
Every day the local people woke up early, Msi’ helped her mother by collecting some of the harvest, then went to the forest with a woven bag and collected berries, fruits and roots to eat at home, while she sang or told a story to the young man. On returning to the village, Dan waited, sitting watching as the locals make enormous banquets with fruits, vegetables, fish and many other foods, and then ate them all together like a huge family, after the meal, Msi’ slipped away into the woods to show something to Dan or sit down to talk, he was very clever, learned very fast, in less than a month he already knew that in the tribe they call themselves Koleeu, that the girl's name meant star, that the way everybody called him, Ujaa kuiil Meltí 'ipá jalá, meant envoy of "Coyote people moon", their God, he also learned to call Msi' little girl, saying muult kekoo and another group of words, he learned the difference between every fruit and their conditions, how to harvest and soon he was together with the others, cutting, cleaning fish or preparing food.
He adapted to the koleeu's routine very easily, from time to time the boss scolded him for not getting Msi’ to stay in the village, but Dan always made it clear that she was his only priority, since never questioned where she was going, he just accompanied her and made sure to keep her safe. Daniel always wondered if her mother Tukusmákal, wouldn’t feel alone without her husband and daughter, but one day, when they both stayed home, he noticed that she was never alone, all the women in the village looked after her and made her company and she had a lot of fun weaving with the others. When the day of the labor arrived, Dan had to wait outside the tent, until Msi’ came out very excited and took him inside, there he saw the tired woman and a tearful child full of blood and grease that ended up provoking him the vomit when they put him on his hands.
The new member didn’t cease to amaze everyone, because even though the koleeu males preferred to walk naked, Dan didn’t take off his clothes except to wash or bathe and when he required new clothes, the girl's mother did them for him. He seemed to have infinite patience, didn’t disturb him at all be where the children play or that they played with him by pulling his hair or climbing over him, neither seemed to bother him that the little girl made him new earrings all the time.
At first for him, it was all work to have the little girl safe, but soon his talks united them a lot.
–Why do you always call me by my full name?
–Because it's your name, or is it other your name?
–You can call me Dan or Dani, but only my family called me that.
–Well, you're family now, Dani.
Just as he learned from Msi’, she learned from him, asking about his world and how everything seemed more complicated.
–So, how did you eat? If you don’t know how to cook and you lived alone.
At the supermarket, they only sold canned or dehydrated foods that were made in a couple of minutes.
–Wow, it must be wonderful.
–I'm not so sure.
To him, who didn’t like being skeptical, every day was a challenge, especially with the girl's stories.
–Meltí 'ipá jalá created the world we know, the animals and us, then died and went to the moon.
–I see, on my planet the light was the one that gave us life, first to simple beings, then to plants and animals and finally the humans emerged, we evolved and developed our intelligence.
–That sounds so crazy.
The little girl's comments always managed to make him smile and little by little he took her confidence, something about her made him feel at peace. It was as if, looking into her eyes, he could feel her heartbeat joining with his.
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