Man, the berserker armour is messing him up. Pg. 7 looks like he's losing his sight when he was staring out at Casca. Also, why was his prosthetic arm bandaged?
I took it as they both would've been killed had he not burned his mother. She had to make him do it in order to save him. That's why there was tears in her eyes when she told him to do it and why she held the torch and threw it with him, as support.
I guess it's how you interpret it. My first...
I'm not crying, you're crying!
But really tho Its hard to make me cry, I dont think I've ever read anything that's made me cry and this fucking chapter did it. Damn