Lady Business

I got distracted for a moment thinking about death in narratives in more general terms, but the way you reacted to Dane's decision in terms of him abandoning someone who so clearly cares about him for the sake of... what, exactly? makes complete sense to me. I think the question of what the story is trying to say about martyrdom with this is very interesting and worth asking, but I would have to read it again with an eye to that, since it's been so many months. Gah, stupid memory.