Heiltsuk Quotes in Son of a Trickster
“You loved your dog because you were her master,” Fake Sarah said.
“What?”
“You only love the ones that crawl to you and beg for food.”
“Hey, I didn’t do anything to you.”
“Human,” she said. “We’re dying because you’re killing us.”
“I’m not killing anyone.”
“You’re killing the world and you have the nerve to wonder why we hate you.”
Jared swallowed. He needed to get them off topic. What would get them off topic? “Anthropocene.”
Fake Sarah nodded as the others murmured. “The world is burning.”
“Humans take all the fish,” another one said.
“Can’t stay in the river,” another spat, “The rivers burn and taste like shit.”
“Soon the only thing left to eat,” Fake Sarah said, “is you.”
“I’m sorry,” Jared said.
“We don’t want you sorry,” Fake Sarah said. “We want you dead.”