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Let him die here and rot in this alien place where he had left Joseph.
Nikanj held her until it too had to be acknowledged as part of her world. When it saw that she looked at it, struggled against it instead of simply struggling toward Curt, it repeated its words until she heard them, until they penetrated, until she was still. It never made any attempt to drug her, and it never let her go.
Somehow, she had been able to put Joseph’s death aside for a few minutes. Allison’s words brought it back.
Nothing important going on for it here. Only its child, horribly wounded.
She was Cassandra, warning and predicting to people who went deaf whenever she began to warn and predict.
She thought of Joseph, seemed to feel him beside her, hear him telling her to be careful, asking her what was the point in turning both peoples against her. There was no point. She was just tired. And Joseph was not there.
She wanted to stay with human beings even though for a time, she did not love them.
“Joseph is gone. I didn’t want to risk losing you too.”
“How long do I have to stay here?” she whispered. “Do they ever let the Judas goat go?”
“They need us now. They won’t have children without us. Human sperm and egg will not unite without us.”
“Is it an unclean thing that we want, Lilith?” “Yes!” “Is it an unclean thing that I have made you pregnant?”
