All the warriors gather around the hog but wait until Poppo takes his first. They all know it could be instant death to pick too soon. As Poppo starts digging out a choice piece, Booka, frustrated from feeling cheated out of the kill, kicks dirt on Poppo’s piece of meat.
Poppo turns and rushes Booka who backs off. Booka had seen Poppo kill many a warrior who dared violate his authority. At the same time Booka feels instinctively that Poppo is weaker now, old , ready to be taken.
Poppo, angry that Booka did not retreat far enough, rushes at Booka again. This time Booka does not back off but sets himself in a defensive posture. Poppo sees that his bluff has failed, that now he must exert himself after all the energy already spent on the hunt and kill this mutineer. There is no other choice. This insubordination in front of the other warriors can not go unpunished.
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