Talk:Licking/@comment-25277078-20140807163123/@comment-25990315-20161010065358

Actually, it's just a tiny bit more complcated... (may not be correct)

The dog licked their owners hand each night to show that it will always be there to protect them. If the owner didn't have her dog, then that meant she had no one else to protect her or be there by her side, since she lived alone in a cabin up in the mountains. So if someone wanted to mentally break her, kiling her dog will definetley do the trick.

I say mentally break her because the narrator titled her as 'my great-grandmother'. Give me one example of the deceased bearing children and then I'll change my theory a bit.

Anyway, I hope this helps out!