any kind of a life, I'll care for him every day,
do whatever has to be done, but if he can live, I want him."
96 Thundering Dove pulled her away and looked at her. "And what if he
can't have a decent life?" he pleaded, "What if he will suffer all of
his days?"
97 Bay Blossom took his hands. "Don't make me say it," she begged,
"please. Don't make me say it. I will trust your judgment. Perhaps in
this I am a coward, and it is cruel of me to put the burden on
you alone, but I must....I must. I will never judge it, I will
never speak of it. What must be, must be. I only ask you forgive me for
making it your burden."
98 "Try to sleep," suggested Thundering Dove, "I'm going to see. There
is nothing to forgive. If I did not come back in time, you would have done what had to be done.
Your grief would have passed by then." He rose, took a cloth, and wiped
his own face. As he stepped outside the door, Little Blossom was there.
99 "There's a Guide ready," she announced, "he'll take you to the
Healer. I'll stay here. God help you."
100 "Have you seen him?" he asked.
101 "Only for a moment, and the egg wasn't very clear. Sometimes," she
cried, "I wish I was blind!" She went in and shut the door behind her,
and Thundering Dove made his way to the Healer's house.
102 The moment he entered the man rose, went to the fireplace, and
lifted a cover off the basket near it. Thundering Dove went over and
looked in. He picked up the cover and placed it gently back on the
basket.
103 "I've had one with The Power here," explained the Healer. "he says
there's no mind, nothing