[ To be completely fair to Silco. This is where his design is stupid and I have to shrug and go “idk” in reality, but in making sense of it— ]

Well, don’t show it in my other forms. It’s something I lost in battle, so I show it in battle. More or less.

[ aka it’s tezca so he explains nothing, really!! But once they’re out of the surf, Tezcatlipoca huffs and nods to a boulder that’s big enough for both of them to take a seat, which is important for what he has in mind. ]

If I’m bein’ honest, then Cipactli ate it. A kaiju, basically. Had to kill it to make the world habitable for people, so used my leg as bait to draw it out.

[ He clicks his tongue in irritation as they take a seat, but it’s absolutely irritation that stems from the “but” that’s obvious in his tone. Taking a seat is fine, and in fact, he just works on eliminating some discomfort as he grabs his hair to wring it out. ]

But if I’m bein’ petty, it’s Quetzalcoatl’s fault. That idiot doesn’t have any sense of tactics at all, so I’m the one that had to suffer for it.