Now, as a climax, down shuts the night.
You purpose to blind with darkness
The woman who went as your fellow
Through rain and storm and piercing cold.
List now, my friend: return with me—
We’ve had a spell of nasty weather!
For Hiiaka to give ear to the pleading voice of her friend, the woman who had shared with her the shock of battle and the hardships of travel from Hawaii to Kaua’i and back again, was to run the risk of being persuaded.
“Come with me,” said Wahine-oma’o; “let us return to our mistress.”
“I must first seek and find Lohiau,” answered Hiiaka.
“Better for us first to go before Pele. She will send and bring Lohiau.” Thus pleaded the woman Wahine-oma’o.