Before, Leroy, Pinkie, Emo, and Harley were all friends from the Vietnam War who would share their stories, drink, and curse the white people for the land they had taken. Tayo finds out that they are coming to get him, most likely to kill him. Tayo hides between boulders and watches as Emo slowly kills Harley to try to bring Tayo out from hiding. The witchery had manipulated Emo so that he thrived off of destruction of life. Leroy and Pinkie begin fighting too over a simple shove. Witchery had even made Harley and Leroy, Tayo's best friends turn against him and attempt to bring him to Emo to be destroyed. In order to finish the ceremony, Tayo has to avoid Emo and the others.
Tayo finds himself trying to resist the urge to stop Emo from killing Harley. He would have liked nothing better than to stab his screwdriver right through Emo's temple. However, if Tayo did this, he would become part of the witchery himself, be driven to insanity, and end the ceremony. It's hard to comprehend how witchery can manipulate someone to have the desire to kill another just because they are a "half-blood". Emo didn't really care about the importance of whether Tayo was sane or not. His cause to find Tayo was completely personal. Tayo does resist coming out of hiding and later, Leroy, Pinkie, and Harley are found dead and Emo has to move away to California because he isn't wanted in the reservation. This shows how Tayo was strong enough to complete the ceremony and that made the destructive witchery leave his life for good.
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