Akela: When you were a cub, I looked you in the eye and saw no fear. I believed that one day you would bring peace to the jungle. But you have become a man now.Mowgli: I'm not a man! But neither am I a wolf.
My, my. How you've grown.
With the tiger and the hunter now gone, the future shimmered from darkness into light. Mowgli, man and wolf, both and neither, had given the jungle a voice. And for as long as he stood watch, it would speak a lasting peace.
Kaa: The whole jungle has been watching you, man-cub.Mowgli: Why?Kaa: Even you must know you are unusual. Not quite a wolf, not quite a man, or neither, or both...