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The oldest boy in Frenchie's family. He's in his late teens, is extremely tall, and seldom speaks. Chi-Boy often runs patrols—he's skilled at moving silently through the forest and at leaving false trails for Recruiters. Chi-Boy is also in love with Wab and is fastidious about protecting her. To spend time together, he and Wab practice hunting with bows and arrows. Frenchie admires and strives to emulate Chi-Boy’s skills and calm, imposing, mature demeanor. Chi-Boy and Wab begin to live together in the weeks after Minerva's death, and are expecting a baby in the months after the novel ends.
Chi-Boy Quotes in The Marrow Thieves
The The Marrow Thieves quotes below are all either spoken by Chi-Boy or refer to Chi-Boy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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I nodded back, copying the way he held his mouth. Yes, we would definitely do so. Us men. We'd be vigilant. Chi-Boy turned and started making his way through the trees. I watched him for a minute, and tried to listen. There was nothing—the absence of sound was the only thing the ear picked up. There was no doubt Chi-Boy was the best scout we had, probably the best scout anyone had. I followed close behind, imitating his movements.
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Rogarou Comes Hunting Quotes
The schools were an ever-spreading network from the south stretching northward, on our heels like a bushfire. Always north. To what end? Now we'd lost RiRi. Now I'd shot a man. Would I even be welcome in the North? I couldn't even protect a little girl.
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"But why? Aren't these supposed to make noise?" Slopper was confused. We'd been told over and over that silence was the only way to move out here, the only way to stay alive.
It was Chi-Boy who answered, out of character. "Sometimes you risk everything for a life worth living, even if you're not the one that'll be alive to live it."
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Chi-Boy Character Timeline in The Marrow Thieves
The timeline below shows where the character Chi-Boy appears in The Marrow Thieves. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Fire
Frenchie explains that Miig and Minerva are the only adults in the group. Chi-Boy is seventeen and from the Cree lands. Frenchie is sixteen, Métis, and wears his long...
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Story: Part 1
...burning stick and steps back into the bushes. Miig moves into the open, and then Chi-Boy emerges holding a girl (Rose) by her forearm. She shouts and glares at everyone, and...
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Magic Words
...rubbed their antlers and after they catch several rabbits, head back to camp. Frenchie joins Chi-Boy and Slopper in a joyful song, but Miig is unusually quiet. Frenchie joins him and...
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Haunted in the Bush
...wakes up one morning freezing cold, having fallen asleep in RiRi's tent. Outside, Wab and Chi-Boy step away from each other awkwardly and in a way that makes Frenchie feel especially...
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...decision and ashamed that RiRi will go hungry. He feels better when he sees that Chi-Boy and Miig both got turkeys. Wab is late getting back. They wait anxiously for almost...
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A Plague of Madness
Miig asks Wab what she'd do to save them. Chi-Boy says he'd do anything, and Wab says she'd do everything. Rose takes Frenchie's hand. Miig...
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The Four Winds
Chi-Boy uses a Pendleton blanket to get himself safely over the fence and then begins to...
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Everyone walks down the hallway until they reach a dark opening. Miig and Chi-Boy begin to pull back the drapes to let in moonlight. Miig insists that they can't...
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The group shuffles upstairs with room keys and candles. Chi-Boy unlocks the first room cautiously, but when it's clear that there's no threat, he snuggles...
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...and sees Tree and Zheegwon lying perpendicular across the bottom of the bed, Wab and Chi-Boy sleeping close to each other on the floor, and Miig on the floor across the...
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After two days at the Four Winds, Miig wants to leave. Chi-Boy scouts around for supplies and finds knives, blankets, candles, and a lady's fur hat that...
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...told them that if the rumors are true, they should be careful. In the present, Chi-Boy helps Frenchie carry Wab to the front room. Miig lights a smudge for her and...
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Finding Direction
...the forest fires. Nobody protests. Frenchie stays awake later than anyone else and quietly watches Chi-Boy put the beautiful hat under Wab's pillow. He wants to know how Miig escaped from...
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The Potential of Change
...moldy. Miig says it could belong to the men that Wab saw, and he sends Chi-Boy out to patrol and asks Tree and Zheegwon to set more alarm wires. Frenchie climbs...
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...never would've found Frenchie. They sit in silence and Frenchie notices that spring is coming. Chi-Boy returns from scouting and says that they're an hour away from the men. Frenchie has...
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The Other Indians
...noon. They discovered tracks and trash on the way to them and when Frenchie and Chi-Boy scout around their camp, they see that the man in the red hat is carving...
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...Miig is desperate for news from a town. Everyone sits down except for Wab and Chi-Boy, who slips off to scout the area. Frenchie wants to be useful, so he gets...
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...a cliff at the top of the handle. He peers over the tall cliff and Chi-Boy startles him. They decide to head back, but Chi-Boy stops and asks Frenchie if he...
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Chi-Boy stands and looks ready to fight as Miig stares down Lincoln. Travis assures Miig that...
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The Way It All Changed
...body off of his tent, and unzips it. Travis has Tree and Zheegwon at gunpoint, Chi-Boy has a knife in his arm, and Miig is standing, his gun on the ground....
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...to get to RiRi. Lincoln drops RiRi entirely and starts to laugh. As Travis turns, Chi-Boy stabs him in the leg, Miig grabs his gun and punches Travis, and Lincoln grabs...
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The Long Stumble
...They continue to run for the next several days. Minerva is unresponsive and rides on Chi-Boy's back.
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Rogarou Comes Hunting
...they need to be quiet and confirms that the jingles are supposed to make noise. Chi-Boy says that Minerva risked everything "for a life worth living," even though she won't get...
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On the Road
...near Espanola. Frenchie feels as though he's now getting to make decisions with Miig and Chi-Boy. He's so worried about the possible consequences of heading south that he can barely sleep....
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Found
...rifle and Frenchie feels furious with himself. Frenchie stares down his captor and yells for Chi-Boy. He ascertains that everyone is fine, and the captors herd everyone into a group. The...
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The Circle
The drumming starts. Many people, including Wab, Chi-Boy, and Slopper, start to dance in a circle, but Frenchie sits and stews jealously. The...
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Word Arrives in Black
...of the cave. A priest shouts that they'll move Minerva tomorrow, and Miig, Frenchie, and Chi-Boy look at the priest with terror. They adopt defensive positions, but Dad yells that this...
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Lost and Found and Lost
...from Frenchie and they mime insults at each other. Frenchie hears a low whistle from Chi-Boy, and two cars come around the bend. Arrows hit the tires and the car skids....
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...The horn stops and they hear a gunshot: the driver isn't dead and fights back. Chi-Boy runs to help Miig, and Frenchie hears another gunshot. Miig runs back with the keys,...
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Kiiwen
...for ten days and then set up camp. Summer arrives over the next few weeks. Chi-Boy and Wab begins living together, and summer clothing makes it obvious that Wab is pregnant.
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