the sorting hat

he watched in horror as the titans began to grapple with one another. they were killing each other! terrified, he pressed against the wall of the cavern, until his sister's frightened cries assaulted his ears. Her frantic aggression bruised his shoulder, but brought him out of his shocked reverie. later he would come to appreciate her bravery in standing between him and the fighting monsters, but for now he merely screamed and followed his sister in a helter-skelter flurry of oversized paws and dinner-plate eyes in the dubious direction of freedom.