Talk:Dragon Quest/@comment-58.173.130.161-20120318050214/@comment-68.46.218.162-20120318051553

Fitting for Spike to be the one to do it, ain't it?

And on a more serious note; They really weren't given much chance to consider it given that they were running away. The fact that Spike took up the job of raising it means a lot.

And if you are familiar with birds, they never return to the same nest if it has been invaded. Usually this involves their young or even eggs being left for dead; and while I can't say much about phoenix behavior, I can infer that those parents were more concerned with getting far away from those dragons with what hatchlings they did have to risk going back to be certain they got them all.