Hatuey's Zemi Analysis

Hatuey's zemi felt heavy as he moved it to its offering of cassava bread. Hatuey knew that the zemi didn't feel heavy because it wanted to weigh him down but rather because his father and their people didn't agree with how Hatuey treated the zemi and his guilt was weighing on his heart and his hands. He knew they didn't understand him and they simply couldn't accept that it was his zemi that compelled him to take it with him when he went hunting or when he went to the nearby waterfall. They didn't understand that the zemi didn't want to feel limited by Hatuey's surroundings or by the zemi's physical vessel but yearned for adventure and they didn't understand Hatuey's restlessness or his desire to see more of the world than he had. None of these
It had a spoon in the form of a human head, but the actual figurine itself was shaped like a bird with a table for cohoba-snuffing, the final part of the ritual which would allow Hatuey to safely see and (for normal people anyway) allow Hatuey to safely hear the zemi if it wasn't for the fact that Hatuey possessed a unique ability that allowed him to clearly hear the zemi, and vice-versa. The zemi immediately understood that Hatuey would be angrily ready to discuss things with it the moment he snuffed the cohoba, and the zemi decided wisely to take some time and prepare itself for a tongue-lashing that if it behaved well would end with it getting more cassava bread. Hatuey's zemis metaphysical form, the form it showed to humans who performed the ritual intending to converse with it and witness its true power was that of a massive and cloudless sky on top of a massive and blooming field of crops. Hatuey's zemi had a name as well that it kept secret from everyone but contemplated using as a bargaining chip to soothe Hatuey so that he wouldn't stop taking it on journeys beyond the outskirts of their community. It was lucky to have selected Hatuey because Hatuey loved adventures and thoroughly enjoying showing the zemi the world outside of the village as well as seeing it himself. Hatuey also made delicious food and respectfully provided it to the zemi which in turn made the zemi more attached to