Pāhonoa te oro

And even though they try to kill him in the middle of nowhere, tying him up and preparing to end his life, something in him refuses to give up, and in a sudden burst he fights back, killing the men sent to execute him and escaping with barely any strength left, and he rides as fast as he can toward his home, driven by one desperate hope that maybe he can still save his wife and son, but without realizing what’s coming next, he arrives too late, and what he finds is not a home but ashes and silen