Then Duster was a damn fool! What's the use of killing your man here where it's - if he thinks -

[She doesn't have the words to explain - if living hurts more than dying. It's too alien a concept for a sturdy young heart. But she has the sense of it in her gut and it sends the waves of anger up, up and again. She bites her lip and sticks her hands into her hair to try to calm herself down.]

Everyone here is always complaining of how bad things are - and then goes and makes it worse!