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8 stations are apparently initiated with tagata toki in Ga2-1 and below I have redmarked 7 glyphs and blackmarked 1. Furthermore, I have tried to give an overview by ordering the glyphs after the best of my ability:

Ga2-1 (96) Ga2-2 Ga2-3 Ga2-4
Ga2-5 (100) Ga2-6 Ga2-7 Ga2-8 Ga2-9 Ga2-10
Ga2-11 Ga2-12 Ga2-13 Ga2-14 Ga2-15 Ga2-16 (111)

The redmarked toga variants with open hands (instead of the normal Y-sign) seem to be a characteristic of glyph line a2. They are ordered in pairs according to the design of their left parts. Though Ga2-8 and Ga2-10 also form a pair by cause of their thicker thumbs and reversed hand orientations. This 'double-talk' enables us to identify tagata in Ga2-7 as important. He stands at the beginning of the last 4 of 10 glyphs. His left mata has gone and his left arm is formed into a Rogo sign (cfr Ca4-8 commented upon at koti). Probably the first 10 glyphs in line a2 form a list of 5 double months.

The last of the redmarked glyphs could allude to 216 (= 6 * 6 * 6), which perhaps is a sign telling us that the sequence is ending here. With ordinal number 17 ('one more' than 472 / 29.5) a new 'sentence' begins:

Ga2-17 Ga2-18 Ga2-19 Ga2-20
Ga2-21 Ga2-22 Ga2-23 (118)

Ariki in Ga2-21 has no feathers on his head. Counted from Rogo in Gb6-26 four dark months are ending (4 * 29 = 116), but a more exact measure is 4 * 29.5 = 118 where haś informs us in detail of what is ending. The number of feather marks are 4 (dots) + 2 (great) + 8 (normal) + 2 (dots) = 16.

Moreover, if we count by the moon - from tamaiti in Gb7-3 - then we will find that light is generated at Ga2-26:

61 50
Gb6-26 (1) Gb8-29 Gb8-30 (64) Gb8-30 (65) Ga2-21 (116)
56 55
Gb7-3 (1) Gb8-29 Gb8-30 (59) Gb8-30 (60) Ga2-26 (116)

Counting from Gb8-30 and adding 64 will give Ga2-16 ordinal number 111, which - we can suspect - means 3 (toru) as in the number of next glyph line. It can also allude to Nga Kope Ririva.

Ga2-11 Ga2-12 Ga2-13 Ga2-14 Ga2-15 Ga2-16 (111)

Hakaturou in Ga2-11 apparently has an upside down toki sign, of that we can be fairly sure because of its position in station number 1 beyond those 10 for the Sun. With 6 more added to the 10 Sun stations we will reach the number for the full cycle (16).

The end is a new beginning and the last 10 glyphs of line a2 will carry us to the 'fire generator' and to number 26. At the top end of the last 3 glyphs fingers are shown, which ought to refer to the 'fire' of Spring Sun:

Ga2-24 Ga2-25 Ga2-26 (121)

The following 3 glyphs are evidently introducing the 3rd (toru) line:

Ga2-27 Ga2-28 Ga2-29 (124)
298
Ga3-1 Gb5-6 (424)
300

The idea of toki as a symbol for male (Sun) power and an instrument of renewal gains support from tagata toki in Ga2-1. Hakaturou with an upside down toki (pointed like a fishhook) could refer to the Moon.