How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Emmi's sittin up. She looks at me, her blue eyes bright in her dusty face. An I wonder why I never noticed it before. Her eyes is jest like Lugh's. (4.197)
As the girls travel, however, Saba finds herself softening toward Emmi. She doesn't get too soft, of course—Saba will still get all bratty whenever she pleases—but she's finally able to appreciate some aspects of her little sister, especially those that remind her of her beloved Lugh.
Quote #5
Lugh ain't jest yer brother, He's Emmi's too, he says. Don't you think she's got as much right to go as you? (7.196)
Jack has a point, as usual. Saba has spent a lot of time whining about how bad she feels with Lugh gone, but she hasn't paid any mind to how it might have affected Emmi. He was the only sibling that was actually nice to her, after all.
Quote #6
It sounds so awful when she says it like that, that I never had no time fer her, but she's right. I didn't. Not when I had Lugh. (7.226)
Besides the whole mom thing, Saba has issues with Emmi because she never needed her. She had Lugh, right? But that's just plain old selfishness in our book, and Emmi deserves a whole lot better from her sister—the main woman in her life.