Totoka River have faith in yourself.

"i'm dying, ava," she said plainly into that wretchedly beautiful, worried face. not to crumple her daughter further, only to make her aware; "i got sick a while back. it's not getting better. so i've — do you remember the peace of this place?"
a cough racked her rawboned frame as she turned dull eyes upon the island just ahead, a hymn resting on her heartstrings.