Borne is about strangeness becoming normal, is about identity in a sea of sameness, and uniqueness in a storm of survivalism. Borne is found by Rachel, the scavenger, in the fur of the sleepy Mord, the tyrant, flying bear, who oversees the whole region surrounding the mysterious Company. She brings it home, cares or it, teaches it, loves it, and imprints her own understanding of life into Borne. Borne, the novel, is about findings, about reaching for things to care, and for things beyond simply surviving in a world full of things that want to kill you.