![]() ![]() She was compliant and even jovial, humming throughout the journey. They also share the information they have about Minerva, gleaned from a “man on the inside.” The Recruiters took Minerva to School #47E. ![]() Jean explains that they have formed a Council from former members and newer integrants. Miig and Jean make introductions as the groups share water in a circle. The two hug and cry in an intense reunion. As the men emerge from the lodge, he recognizes his father, Jean, who is older and missing a leg. French is taken aback by the sweat lodge and the mention of the Council. And they also see a sweat lodge, where the Council members are just finishing up a ceremony. At the back of the cave, they come onto an open valley where the resistance members are growing sweetgrass. They also see children reading from a book under the watchful eyes of an older woman. There they see tents and impressive makeshift homes. French is very anxious about everything that could go wrong as they walk into the cave. The group follows the resistance members for half an hour through the bush until they arrive at a cave carved into the hill. Miig greets the man, who says they must be treated as guests and not prisoners. One woman jogs away and returns with a Native Elder who is familiar to both Miig and French. French replies that on the contrary, they have killed snitches. But the men and women suggest they may be snitches. Miig indicates to French that this is the resistance group they have been looking for and French tells the strangers they need help. People with their faces covered by red bandanas and sunglasses round the group up and force them to sit down together. He points his gun but someone takes his rifle away and points a gun at him. There they hold each other and kiss.Īt night French again wakes up to a crash and yelling outside of his tent. They walk through the forest for an hour until joyfully finding a brook with real water and fish. One day, Rose asks French to go look for mushrooms with her. On the way, they find markings in a tree from their written language, and believe they may be getting closer. The group decides to try to find the Indigenous resistance movement in Espanola, so as to get information about which school the Recruiters may have taken Minerva to. But French refuses, saying he will instead go after Minerva, who was taken southward. The group packs up Minerva’s leftover belongings, among which they marvel at jingles she fabricated from can lids. They throw hay to the ground to cushion their landing. In the morning the group realizes that Minerva hid the ladder in the middle of the night because she knew the Recruiters were coming. The Recruiters pull up in their vans and Minerva is able to quickly smile and signal to the group to stay quiet before the agents take her away. Yet Minerva refuses to go up to the loft, instead insisting on sleeping in the middle of the barn floor. The barn has a ladder leading up to a loft filled with soft hay, where the group decides to bed down. By dusk they detect an old barn in the distance and decide to camp there, since making a fire would be too risky. They detect two Recruiters on the hunt and run practically all day, with the twins carrying Minerva. ![]()
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