the people lived in the valleys below. the priests wanted to watch over them.
they flattened a mountain, to create a stage. they built enourmous edifices to house their knowledge. the blue astronomy building, the red medicine building, the green religion building...
in the centre an altar. the people from the valleys would come to watch the show. the priests could harness the light of the sun on the 8th of May, they would cure illnesses with the laser-like beam of sunshine.
a field was created for pelota games, the ball representing the stars, the players life, death, gods. the winners would get the ultimate prize: fast-track to the heavens through painless death.
too proud to mingle with the people, the priests only mated with each other. deformed, ill, unsuitable, eventually they all died out.
and the people, in search for religion, abandoned the valley to nature and the uncomprehending conquistadores.
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