a member of the security team can shadow Araya until she rejoins her parents following Waterson's fight. When they realize Araya is listening to their discussion as they talk in the arena, the two men shift into the coded language all parents know as they make plans for what to do with her if her mother is so badly injured that she needs to go to the hospital. They never actually say "hurt" or "hospital," so Araya remains oblivious to the discussion that's going on over her head, literally. But all the adults suddenly feel the gravity of what could happen that night. So there Araya is, screaming her head off in the stands, when her mother enters the arena. But the woman who emerges from the tunnelis almost a total stranger. Gone is the addictive laugh and the contagious smile. Gone is the woman who told her to brush her teeth and clean her room. This woman is ferocious, with a locked jaw declaring to the world she's ready to demolish anyone who dares get in her way. And Araya loves every minute of it. Araya's recitation of what happens next is frighteningly accurate. "Once the fight began, my mommy threw some punches and then she took her down for a little bit and then the round stopped," Araya says. "And then she went to the second round and she took her down right away. But then, little problems, and she hopped back up and threw more punches. Then she took her back down,