Arizona

Santiago Jones/Martinez was a man of natural beauty, and quite literally. He never wore any expensive clothing or tried to make himself look pretty in general because of his natural wonders like the Grand Canyon and even the Petrified Forest/Painted Desert, but due to his tall structure, messy dark brown hair, luminous brown eyes, tan skin, and the beginnings of a mustache and beard, he was pretty irresistible to any female outside his family.

America was never going to get tired of the memory of many of her citizens being amazed when they realize what the mother of that naturally handsome man looked like. Though, when asked on who his father was, Santiago wouldn't answer.

No one would believe anyway that his father was his mother's brother, the personification of Mexico.

Diego fathered Santiago after the founding of the Arizona Territory in 1863, though most of Arizona was a part of the Mexican Cession, with the rest of the state being obtained through the Gadsden Purchase in 1853.

Like many of his siblings, Santiago also was able to see spirits, especially the spirits of the sun, moon, and desert, and America thought she heard Elvira commenting how one of the female desert spirits was in a romantic relationship with Santiago.

"I-It's not like that," Santiago attempted to deny, his cheeks replacing the tan with a tomato red. If there was one thing every single of America's children shared, it was the knowledge of the existence of spirits, even if some of them couldn't see them, like Evelyn and Rex.

His older sister raised an amused eyebrow. "Really hermano? I would like to differ to that."

"But it's true!" Santiago argued.

"All right you two that's enough," America stepped in. "Elvira, stop teasing your brother, and Santiago, stop trying to lie. It's pretty obvious."

The boy blubbered before talking rapidly in Spanish, trying to explain himself until his mother placed a hand on his shoulder.

"It's nothing to worry about Angel Cake, I'm not trying to discriminate your relationship. In fact, the both of you wouldn't shut up about each other, and that's perfectly fine. Chu'Mana loves you dear, and there's nothing wrong with that. Go pursue her you."

Chu'Mana was a female spirit of the desert who is often found in the form of a snake, hence her name meaning "snake maiden" in Hopi. In her humanoid form, she was a woman whose skin was scaled and as green as a snake, her hair long and black, her eyes silted and yellow, and her white teeth often taking the form of fangs.

It truly was amazing how something could be so beautiful, and yet so dangerous, but Santiago had managed to tame a wild beast like her.

However, spirits were not the only things Santiago can communicate with, but he can also communicate with Tony the Alien, and pretty much spends some of his free time researching extraterrestrial lifeforms, and that boy was willing to spent time with the alien whenever possible.

America could never hold back a smile at that.

"If there are lifeforms on planets besides Earth, I really want to know what it's like living like that Madre!" Santiago told her at one time. 

It really would be nice to know of that too. Putting yourself in someone else's shoes can work wonders after all, quite literally!

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