Before dusk, as the thermal currents subsided, he alighted near a tribal settlement he observed during the course of the day. He typically took the form of a jaguar to forage for food cached within. When he encountered benevolent human spirits, he presented himself as a traveller on the few occasions when he desired human companionship. He was always well received and later fed and lodged, as the tribal people, especially chieftains, rightly sensed that they were in the presence of a powerful shaman warrior when they first encountered him. Hairless Master, as some tribes called him, accordingly received their veneration without fail.
After months of searching passed, he began to lose faith that he would ever fulfil his quest. He pressed on regardless since his intuition sensed his discove
