I agree with almost all of this. I saw the last bit as her feeble attempt for atonement. She knew she *could not* properly make atonement, but was doing the best she could in the only way she knew how, having already nursed the soldiers to the best of her ability, which was part of the atonement.
Interesting that you saw it as an act of solipsism and pandering to her creative process; I saw it as the only thing she felt she could do to try to make things right.
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Date: 2010-07-20 09:06 pm (UTC)Interesting that you saw it as an act of solipsism and pandering to her creative process; I saw it as the only thing she felt she could do to try to make things right.
Would be interesting to hear the author's goals.