She was choosing a terrible half-life in shadow, fraught with danger, running with a man who could promise her nothing except undying loyalty and an equal measure of unhappiness. She was choosing to run away from a world that could have healed her, could have made her better, brought her peace. He could not offer her any peace. He was not an easy man, he did not have an easy life, and he had no doubt that they would ruin each other. 