you have to tend to."
122 "I don't understand," argued Thundering Dove.
123 Bay Blossom
kissed him on the cheek. "Go talk to her," she said, "she doesn't
understand. They believe every child is a gift from their God. They
don't understand reincarnation and that if it does not live now, it
will simply go on and live someplace else.
124 She thinks we have killed a living baby, she does not realize it
wasn't yet alive. And there are other things you must discuss, too. I
don't know why she left the house. We were already becoming close and
I told her we would be sisters. Go talk to her."
125 Thundering Dove kissed his mate and made his way through the city
to the pleasant little house Little Blossom had rented. At its gate the
servants ran with excitement when they knew who was there. Little
Blossom welcomed him but was only cordial.
126 "You must understand about the child," insisted Thundering Dove.
"To us it was not alive until it came out of the egg. I know your
people consider this different, but it is our way."
122 The woman rose her hand. "I have been talking," she explained,
"with one of your Speakers. I still do not approve, but I understand
what you did. I also spoke with the Healer. For the sake of my mind, he
broke his promise, and told me what he found. There was nothing in the
child's skull but water. It would never have been born.
128 For the thing I said that night in the hallway I must apologize.
But what I say now, you must understand, is not in any bitterness. Until you give her what she desires most in all the world,