Pi saw a ship coming toward them. This only happened once during his ordeal. Pi called out to Richard Parker. Pi thought that, finally, his mother, father and brother have come to rescue him. At almost the last minute, Pi realized that the ship was not coming for him but bearing down on his little lifeboat. The ship passed, never noticing the castaways in its wake. Pi and Richard Parker watched longingly as the ship became a speck on the horizon. Pi cried out to the tiger that he loved him and.....