Not until it stopped completely did Nikanji let her go.” In order to heal “it plugged into my left arm and penetrated her body with every head and body tentacle the could reach her.” After weeks of being plugged into Lilith’s body, “the infection seemed to heal….clear fluid continued to leak from the wound. In a final battle, before the humans were genetically altered and sent back to earth, a human opponent severely wounded Nikanji and “its left sensory arm had been hacked almost off.” The sensory arm was used to mate when the Oakali were mature. And, as “first parent” Lilith raises an awareness of the importance of her position.
Lilith does not have the healing capabilities that the women of The Patternist Series have yet, her presence in the novel brings healing to Nikanji-an Oakali alien who served as Lilith’s teacher and protector-when he was nearly killed in a battle with the humans. However, Butler’s ability to create black women characters that are healers is noteworthy, in this case Lilith from Dawn. In studies of literary scholarship on Butler’s writings, the series covered most has been the Xenogenesis trilogy/Liliths Brood, including Dawn (1987), Adult Rites (1988), and Imago (1989), especially for Butler’s treatment on the effects of governmental gene manipulations on citizens and perpetual violence.
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