Redbird could not stand up. She felt no strength at all in her trembling legs.
"Eagle Feather!" she cried. She called her son again and again.
He came and stood before her. "Is Floating Lily dead? Did they kill her?"
"Yes," said Redbird.
Eagle Feather began to cry. "Why did they kill my little sister?"
Redbird felt a touch on her shoulder. Wolf Paw's hand. His forehead was gashed and blood was running down into one eye that was swollen and shut.
"I thought they killed you," she said.
"It would have been good if they had."
"No," she said, "do not wish that."
Redbird sensed a silence and realized that Yellow Hair was no longer crying. She and Wolf Paw were staring at each other.