The Kiva, Pueblo Bonito

[Yaoquizque]

The man gravely looked at the newcomer.
He nodded when VanMojo replied to his look and a kindly smile appeared on his face.

"Ah. There you are my dear friend. We will be able to start." He said warmly.
He then gathered his thoughts while Mal-3 was explaining the modalities of the encounter.

It seems he was chosen to start.
The man almost smirked.

He was tempted during a moment to get on his feet and start theatrically a fine line filled with wild locutions.
However, the fine man decided instead to use the 'direct approach'.

He smirked once again.
"E-Prime.... Sir...." The man nodded at Van Mojo.
"I will be brief."

"First, gentleman, i must say my eyebrows raised in perplexity when you first called me.. Hmm... Patamunzo Linganada, is it?" He filled his pipe and took a puff.

"The name was somehow familiar and i must confess i had to search a bit to see. Interesting, is it?"
The man nodded and took another puff.

"So if you may allow, i will try to sum up the problem."
He tilted his head to one side, thinking for a while.
"There is five alternatives, my friends. And i believe some may not be exclusive."

He counted on his fingers....

- There is only one apostle.

"And i believe it's typically what my friend over here has in mind. But how can we solve this assertion.
According to T.L.C.S, The fine Doctor is an imposter.
According to P.O.E.E, Our Mojo friend is the real second apostle of Eris."

He took a pause.
"I'm afraid if we decide to believe in that alternative, we will soon run into those funny theorems of our fine friend Gödel, don't you think?"
"And if the answer is in each Pope pineal gland. Are we to organize a fame contest?"

The man's eyes sprinkled with amusement.
He wasn't done.
"Let's see the others alternatives then."

- There is no true apostle.

"Which may seem paradoxical, is it?"
He smirked.
"But it may make sense. Let's see."

"If my find friend here is referring to me as 'Patamunzo Linganada', that certainly means he considers himself as the patron of The Season of Discord. Which sounds quite unrealistic, don't you think? Hoodoo is a dead 'science', as far as i know."

The man concluded, nodding.
"If he isn't Van Mojo, How could i be Patamunzo Linganada'?
And you may notice my friend this reasoning can go both ways."

- There is two apostles.

"We have here two Popes. With certainly two divergent ways to interpret Eris's whispers."
He allowed himself to shrug softly.
"Which vision of Eris is legit? Who is to be trusted and who is to be excommunicated?"

"Let's have a look at the sacred Chao... Can the Podge exist without the Hodge?"

He chuckled.
"There is two more alternatives... But i believe the time i had to speak is up..."

The man took a puff and let Mal-3 speak to tell to the other man it may be his turn to talk.

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