Chapter 30‘WE’RE CLOSE’ SAID JEAN-PAUL. ‘We follow the plan. I go in and try to find the two P’s.’
‘Who?’ asked Maria.
‘Oh, yeah. You don’t know them. Pwanchir and Pempeyo, our special Shuar friends.’
‘Got it. Heard them mentioned at the mine.’
‘I think that Angélica should consider talking to them first,’ said Jean-Paul. ‘Pwanchir is the more talkative one, and I think he would be more useful for advice than going to the shaman, at least at first.’
He looked back at Angel as he spoke. She considered for a minute. ‘I think you’re right.’
JP made a fist, signaling for them to stop. They had decided earlier that he should enter the village alone. It might be a shock if all of them stormed in at the same time.
The trail widened as it approached an open expanse with the village houses a
