Aztec God Huehuecoyotl has a message

[00:00:00]I built temples for my siblings, where Huehuecoyotl said, almost fondly, gave them mace, blood, songs.

[00:00:09]They needed devotion.

[00:00:11]I didn't. He tapped his chest. I lived in your laughter, your mistakes, your hunger to know what happens if you step just a little further than you're supposed to, when you peek behind the curtain.

[00:00:26]Something in his [music] eyes shifted.

[00:00:29]Suddenly, Temo understood with profound clarity.

[00:00:34]Huehuecoyotl had never been outside humanity.

[00:00:37]I have walked beside you, Huehuecoyotl said, his voice dropping [music] heavy with the weight of ages. I have seen what you do with the gift I gave you.

[00:00:48]I have stood in the mud with the rebels who refused to kneel.

[00:00:53]I have sung over the bodies of the good people who bled out defending the right to speak. Images flashed [music] in the dark. Tattered flags, faces bruised but unbroken, the crack of muskets and the roar of crowds. I have watched empires [music] try to cross the human spirit, he went on, his tone reverent and fierce. I have seen them burn books and break bones, thinking that if they silenced the noise, [music] they killed the resistance.

[00:01:25]But they never do. He leaned [music] closer now.