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The crew chief and Pronto have found the key to opening the rock
face. Blow it up.

(Pronto) Mr. Moto. I think I’ve got it. Look here, the writing isn’t all

Apache, it’s a lost language of some kind. (Crew Chief) For our sakes I
hope you found it. I didn’t come all the way from Japan to be unemployed.
(Pronto) Take it easy, yellow man. You people are uptight all the time. As

I said, it’s not all Apache. It’s some Mayan writing also. I think. (Crew
Chief) So what does it say? (Pronto) Something like “behind this wall

lives the fallen god Mac-something”, this part I don’t understand, but the
ending is something like “do not open”. I found a way to open it. We can’t
blast it open, we’ll have to use coyote fur and owl feathers in the form of

a circle.

(Crew Chief) Whatever you say, as long as it works. Just answer me this.
Where will we get this coyote fur and owl feather from? (Pronto) Simple.

My jacket is coyote fur and my car ornament is of owl feathers. (Crew
Member) How lucky for us. What if the sign would have said rat fur and

buffalo droppings? (Everyone starts to laugh). (Pronto) (Runs back
from his car). Ok, Ok, now place the explosives. Ta-chi, as to your

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