WAPURO is the one who goes to the front, with slow steps reaches TOIRE, she extends her arms to TOIRE, with a slight noise of her cane, makes him open her eyes.
TOIRE looks at her, she hugs him, lets him drown a little in her arms.
She says to TOIRE: can I?
TOIRE gives in to the girl with what little strength she has left, never before had they seen him in such conditions.
WAPURO takes the girl in his arms, TOIRE kneels to approach the bed and clings to KEKI's body.
When the others arrive, there is the image they find.
It's a big stab at OKE and INKU, who are closest to them.
NEMU is very hurt, FALCOR comforts her.
NAIFU also seeks the embrace of his father, KIRO.
The king cries in silence, with much sadness.
The curse of blood haunts them.
He's afraid that, this will catch up with NEMU.
WAPURO, at last speaks, she says they will help him take care of the girl.
OKE approaches TOIRE, kneels next to him and hugs him, INKU, puts his hand on TOIRE's shoulder in support.
INKU, if she feels very sad, lived too many things with her, even in difficult times.
He has a hard time believing that it will all end like this, and he doesn't know what will happen to his best friend.
TOIRE is totally devastated, helpless.
He had never seen it like this, so shattered, as if he had lost the desire to live.
And the girl, who, from her mother's womb, showed signs of her great power, even more than her mother possessed, that is the sign that she possesses a great supreme power power, after all, is the daughter of CHONT-SU, from when she was possessed by the soul of AMELIA and by KEKI, inheriting the power of the PRINCESS OF THE THOUSAND YEARS.
It will not be an easy task to take care of her.
And without a father to guide her...
They would do it as if she were their own daughter, but, she doesn't want to lose her best friend.
TOIRE has remained silent.
OKE has held back her tears, she wishes to be strong to support her friend, though, inside, like INKU, her heart is stricken in pain.
WAPURO, seeing the situation of TOIRE, with respect and seriousness, says that they will take care of the funeral and...
(as TOIRE has not answered anything, nor has he even reacted, WAPURO feels that, he, is not in a position to keep the girl)
she will take the girl.
TOIRE reacts with anxiety, look at WAPURO, this if you heard it.
TOIRE, with a voice thread that will become stronger, tells WAPURO that, that is not possible.
He is the father of this girl, he will be the one who will take care of her.
The others are not very convinced of this.
TOIRE, reiterates that, he agreed with KEKI that, this girl is as much his as it was hers, this is the only thing left of his beloved wife, the fact that he is not her biological father, is compensated by being the father who has been waiting for her all this time, the one who loves her and takes care of her above all things.
With one hand outstretched towards WAPURO, TOIRE, joining, turns to her, asking her to please return her daughter.
The girl reacts, starts crying.
WAPURO watches him carefully, he can see his anxiety about calming the girl.
WAPURO thinks that, this girl is his only consolation.
He gives in to the girl, TOIRE, between new tears, speaks to his daughter, the girl, hearing the voice of her father, stops crying and sucks her deds again.
OKE seeing that she is hungry, goes to the kitchen, she asks ESU if she has started to crash by chance.
ESU says not yet.
OGLAE remembers that in the barn they have a goat.
He takes a jug and goes to the barn, goes to milk the goat.
TOIRE, swears to WAPURO that, he will take care of his daughter and that KEKI will be proud of them, he knows that, one day, they will be together again and he will be able to tell him all the moments lived next to his young daughter.
He will work hard to see her become a great woman, a happy woman.
With a lump in his throat, he pauses.
He apologizes, just asks for a moment to cry.
Soon after, OKE returns to TOIRE, asks him to allow him to load her to feed her, OGLAE has brought the milk.
With the help of a hollow stem, covering one side, OKE retains milk and places it in the girl's mouth.
The girl avidly drinks the milk.
This operation is repeated a couple of times.
TOIRE approaches, wiping away tears, it is also said that, he must learn many things.
Now it is he who feeds his daughter who is in OKE's arms.
The couple will stay for a few days to help TOIRE with this new way of life.
OGLAE AND FALCOR are making a coffin for KEKI, who has remained in bed, only, they have cleaned the house and body.
TOIRE has taken it upon himself to dress her in a white dress.
He hugs her and kisses her at the end.
TOIRE speaks to her, tells her that her daughter is doing very well, eats too much and likes to sleep pulling TOIRE's hair, tomorrow will be the last time I can see her.
He asks him to wait for them, if all goes well, it will take many years before they see each other again.
ESU, from the kitchen, can hear TOIRE's words, she feels sadness, she looks up at the sky.
In the kitchen, ESU, has the girl, inside a basket with straw and a sheet, is asleep.
OKE went to the village to get a mamotreto for the girl, thus facilitating her feeding.
It is a partly cloudy day, the wind slowly pushes the clouds.
In the house, OKE, INKU, ESU and OGLAE have stayed.
The others will return to their families to the KEKI wake.
INKU AND OGLAE have formed the altar where, they will put KEKI in the wake, done this.
They prepare to make a hole in the earth to bury it later.
Both of them are dismayed with the situation, in fact, they did not expect it, it is so implausible the way everything unfolded that, it seems like a bad dream.
OGLAE talks about ESU crying at night, afraid it will get bad at any moment.
INKU thinks that OKE, she for now is helping in the care of the girl, but, being so sensitive, she may get affected.
She was a very dear friend, she feels that she has not been honest in how she feels, since that, since that.
He has not shed a tear. It really worries him.
The two of them are still working, it's very hot outside despite being somewhat cloudy.
END OF CHAPTER 136