The mother noses it, trying to get it to move, and when it collapses to its knees, she bellows and then turns away from it, abandoning her child in favor of self-preservation. I see this from my vantage point next to Raahosh, and I’m suddenly frozen. My memories turn back to my father. This is what he chose. He sacrificed his own child - his firstborn son, Raahosh - when he was too injured.
