Part 25 (2/2)

WACOBA

I would she had a child, but not Simwa's. One of that breed is enough.

SEEGOOCHE

(_Who has moved nearer the hut._) Hush, see the curtain! (_They start._)

TIAWA

It was the wind.

SEEGOOCHE

They say she has not made medicine since my daughter's marriage.

WACOBA

(_Looking off to the right where the mountains dip abruptly valleyward._) And to think that even now they must be fighting under Toorape.

SEEGOOCHE

Hus.h.!.+ Hus.h.!.+

(PADAHOON _and the_ CHISERA _come out of the hut. The_ CHISERA'S _whole appearance is of heartbreak and neglect. She leans against the boulders at the left, holding her blanket close, and answers_ PADAHOON _sullenly._)

PADAHOON

And is this all your answer?

THE CHISERA

The trail is cold between the G.o.ds and me.

PADAHOON

Then you will not make medicine?

THE CHISERA

And would not if I could.

PADAHOON

Have you turned renegade, Chisera, and side with our enemies of Tecuya?

THE CHISERA

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