"Well she's not here now."
  "Now," she repeated staring into the fire.
  "This is some kind of Indian word game?"
  The boy called out, "It's time, it's time."
  "Go and see where they are, please, Taki." The boy, grumbling, trotted off.
  "You tribe" asked Barry.
  "My tribe is dead."
  "Then who is coming?"