the same feeling washed over me like a tidal wave . i was n't even going to attempt a smile to ease his mind . she saw the parent outside of the nest and the baby on board , then disbelief , she saw the precise moment when the parent pushed the baby out in a vacuum , with a wing beats . `` the other end of the rainbow ? '' he wanted to be the strong shoulder , and old-fashioned as it might sound , she wanted that too . 