#night gate

bear, for context, is very very old for a dog. she is billy’s mom and she’s just so bitter and angry and gruff and tired and she just....really doesn’t like him much. she lived a really long hard life. later in the book, some people try to kill bear, and the group manages to eventually get back to the night gate to try to go home. as they pass through, bear dies. rage hears her speak, feels her speak, and bear is almost completely unrecognizable in how unburdened she sounds, having become the night gate. i can’t even finish this post without crying my eyes out lmao