Commutation or Anti-commutation of the corresponding imaginary units of the octonions and split-octonions

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Given a general octonion x:

$\mathbb{O}$=$\mathbb{H}$+$\mathbb{H}$$L$ by

x=$x^1$+$x^2$i+$x^3$j+$x^4$k+$x^5$i$L$+$x^6$j$L$+$x^7$k$L$+$x^8$$L$

with $L^2$=-1,

and a general split-octonion x:

$\mathbb{O'}$=$\mathbb{H}$+$\mathbb{H}$$l$ by

x=$x^1$+$x^2$i+$x^3$j+$x^4$k+$x^5$i$l$+$x^6$j$l$+$x^7$k$l$+$x^8$$l$

with $l^2$=1,

does $L$ anti-commute or commute with $l$?

That is, do we have {$L$,$l$}=0 or do we have [$L$,$l$]=0?

How is the result proven?