I think I may not have made myself entirely clear about Komala and Rani's interdependence. I don't think it's all anger and violence. We have a phrase here about a person who's "either at your feet" (worshipping you) or "at your throat" (ready to kill you). I think that's Rani. When she's angry after being away from her mother for a night, she's angry because her mother wasn't there to be with as she always is. If you have a pet dog, for instance, and are separated for a time, there is often smoke coming out of their ears after their initial elation, because they remember that you had the temerity to leave! Komala is Rani's mother, and I think Rani is SO used to having her around perhaps for security that she's truly upset when reunited. Notice the way it was explained that Rani had this reaction when separated for more than a night. It bothers her more and more to be separated from her mother. And truthfully in their first years in DC, I'd see Rani run around trumpeting hysterically and banging down the door to the barn because, say, a bird had flown too close to her ear--and Komala would come running to ease her stress. Swarna would eventually get there too. Komala represents security and probably wisdom for Rani--notice how it was Komala's influence that led Rani to abandon her calf. I was trying to say that removing Komala entirely could prove detrimental if it so shatters Rani's world that she'd be too stressed to become pregnant. If it were just hate and anger, it would be easier; there's an unhealthy co-dependence there too.
