INITIATION

She lead me into a cave and told me to put the horse skull over my head to begin the initiation.  It was half a skull, technically, and I was supposed to fit the upper jaw over my head, but I couldn’t.  She laid me down on a pillow, and placed another on top of me before starting to bounce me.  I was surprised how high I bounced with each press of her hands, but then it settled down.  She was rocking and bouncing me on this pillow, and although I knew I wasn’t supposed to open my eyes I looked at her anyway.  She seemed to be in some sort of trance herself, looking off into the distance and tearing up, but also maybe laughing?  Suddenly she stopped her movements, looked directly at me and asked,

“How did you know about that map?  Where had you seen it before?”

I was flustered, and laughed before trying to find my answer.