Sentence:  He's bonded Monte Alban guide, a sidewalk Sophist, Palenque wizard, brother in arms and drink <WSD>confabulist</WSD>, Mixtec and Zapotec, globetrotting cosmologist with answers for everything in his bag of tricks: solving problems for men floating belly-up, for doubting warriors who now scratch their heads. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One who confabulates; a companion with whom one chats or confers.