"I won't lose the Maya culture nor language, " he tells us through a translator.

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He says he won't say if he met the real-life Maya to protect his sourcing.

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Apparently, he is supposed to be a Maya.

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Maya was surprised to see him in the classroom, and he insisted that she introduce him to the writer.

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He also studied Caterpillar trucks, then made 3-D animated films on the sophisticated movie software Maya and obsessed over model trains.

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