How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) or (Chapter.Line)
Quote #7
But none of the other seals had seen the killing, and that made the difference between [Kotick] and his friends. (7.61)
Kotick sticks with his desire to save the other seals, merely because it's a nice thing to do. None of the other seals seem to care that a few dozen of them get killed every now and then, but Kotick is still determined to stop it.
Quote #8
Kala Nag would no more have dreamed of disobeying his shrill little orders than he would have dreamed of killing him on that day when Big Toomai carried the little brown baby under Kala Nag's tusks (11.7)
Kala Nag is basically enslaved, and he knows that he can't hurt Little Toomai because the consequences would be severe. Do you think Kala Nag would act differently if he were wild?
Quote #9
Toomai knew that, so long as he lay still on Kala Nag's neck, nothing would happen to him. (11.62)
Toomai knows he can trust Kala Nag, and we have a feeling that Little Toomai will treat the elephant well (by which we mean as well as a slave animal can be treated) when he becomes the mahout in charge.