iibala cried , and then muttered , by the blood in me , by the spirit of my heart she cried out once as a bird nabbed her hair , the others swarming even closer to stop her , but then she shook it off and kept going , by the sweat off my brow , by the breath that stirred me she inhaled as basha pierced another bird close to her , and by the clay that molded me , i , iibala , cast you birds of death and air away from here by the power of tau who created me !