And the despair that set in when they learned that all the suffering they’d forced upon him was utterly pointless. If that’s how it was going to turn out, they should have set aside the days that remained in his short life to serve him his favorite foods, to take him to the zoo he so enjoyed, to spoil him with whatever he asked for, to teach him the joy of living if only briefly. Like there was ever any need for such harsh rearing.
