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I narrated the whole sequence of events in a very deliberate manner. He laughed all the way,
as if it were a joke. When I had finished he said, 'You did fine. You won the battle for your
soul. But this matter is more serious than I thought; Your life wasn't worth two hoots last
night. It is fortunate you learned something in the past. Had you not had a little training you
would be dead by now, because whoever you saw last night meant to finish you off.'
'How is it possible, don Juan, that she could take your form?'
'Very simple. She is a diablera and has a good helper on the other side. But she was not too
good in assuming my likeness, and you caught on to her trick."
' Is a helper on the other side the same as an ally?'
'No, a helper is the aid of a diablero. A helper is a spirit that lives on the other side of the
world and helps a diablero to cause sickness and pain. It helps him to kill.'
' Can a diablero also have an ally, don Juan?'
'It is the diableros who have the allies, but before a diablero can tame an ally, he usually has a
helper to aid him in his tasks.'
'How about the woman who took your form, don Juan? Does she have only a helper and not
an ally?'
' I don't know whether she has an ally or not. Some people do not like the power of an ally
and prefer a helper. To tame an ally is hard work. It is easier to get a helper on the other
side.'
' Do you think / could get a helper?'
'To know that, you have to learn much more. We are again at the beginning, almost as on the
first day you came over and asked me to tell you about Mescalito, and I could not because you
would not have understood. That other side is the world of diableros. I think it would be best
to tell you my own feelings in the same way my benefactor told me his. He was a diablero and
a warrior; his life was inclined towards the force and the violence of the world. But I am
neither of them. That is my nature. You have seen my world from the start. As to showing you
the world of my benefactor, I can only put you at the door, and you will have to decide for
yourself; you will have to learn about it by your effort alone. I must admit now that I made a
mistake. It is much better, I see now, to start the way I did, myself. Then it is easier to realize
how simple and yet how profound the difference is. A diablero is a diablero, and a warrior is a
warrior. Or a man can be both. There are enough people who are both. But a man who only
traverses the paths of life is everything. Today I am neither a warrior nor a diablero. For me
there is only the travelling on the paths that have a heart, on any path that may have a heart.
There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge for me is to traverse its full length. And
there I travel - looking, looking, breathlessly.'
He paused. His face revealed a peculiar mood; he seemed to be unusually serious. I did not
know what to ask or to say.

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