'Now that the Eclipsed Lands have joined the fight, no matter which side Mom helps, she would end up killing her children. That's why I stepped forward to help Vladion's soldiers and she didn't refuse me my steed when I asked her.
'This is my way to make up to Mom for disappointing her so many times in the past few years. I'm keeping Thrud away from the Golden Griffon and protecting Vladion's followers who offered to join the Kingdom's diversion.'
Dawn had no idea that Baba Yaga was also deeply worried about Solus/Elphyn. The Red Mother had stayed her hand because she understood Mogar's reasoning and because it would have hindered the path of her children.
Vladion reaching an agreement with the humans to protect his people was a huge step forward that might have led the two races to stop hating each other. Dawn putting her own agenda aside for someone else's sake marked a new phase of her growth.
