It seemed that Lily, although saddened to be separated from Victoria, was glad to be with Mama and was happier with her. In that sense, truly, she was Mama's daughter, and Mama and Lily were one.

She refuses to hand over the boy to Him. Eventually, she falls asleep, and Him takes the child outside to the crowd, which passes the baby around wildly until he is inadvertently killed. Mother wades into the throng and finds people eating her son's mutilated corpse.