Working on Molly, and I remain fascinated that I find it easier to dig deeper into the story by using the image of birds.  

Somehow, the layers that obscure the truth are scraped away a little easier.  

Are the birds metaphors?  My guides?

I robbed your grave.  I revealed you.  I showed you in shameful moments.  I learned things about you.  Everything I learned made me love you more dearly.  I’ll learn more.  I’ll follow your tracks and invade your hidden time.  I’ll uncover your lies.  I’ll rewrite history and revise my judgment as your old secrets explode.  I will justify it all in the name of the obsessive life you gave me.

– James Ellroy, My Dark Places

Digging down deeper, the secrets become aviatic.

In many myths and legends, birds link the human world to the divine or supernatural realms that lie beyond ordinary experience... They are often associated with the journey of the human soul after death. [source]