Novinha's family assembles at her house where news of Quim's passing is relayed. Ender has not yet returned with the body but Novinha forbids anyone to speak his name. Miro tries to speak up for the fact that Quim died in a way he would have chosen, doing the Lord's work but Novinha slaps him. Ela and Grego quicky drag her away from their crippled brother. Novinha throws him out of her house when he accuses her of not even knowing her own son. Grego is also left seething after bickering breaks out between him and Quara. Ultimately, all of Novinha's children walk out, one by one, leaving her alone and devastated. Ela and Quara end up at the shrine dedicated to their grandparents, the very first two xenobiologists on Lusitania who lost.....
