[And the thing that's strange is that he almost can't even argue against her feelings on it. Because he would say the exact same thing, if it were him. His death is supposed to be what preserves others, his actions what deliver them. He's supposed to die so that others don't — not be the template model for their suffering.

But he does know the argument against them regardless. And how it aches, to know exactly how it would be delivered, if that person were given the opportunity.]

And you're supposed to suffer things so that others are spared them, not forced to mimic them. That doesn't mean you failed, when it comes to this. It doesn't make it your burden to bear, for all that you might want to.