Brand stood up abruptly.<br/><br/>"Do NOT be an idiot," he said sharply. "Killing yourself, destroying yourself, or whatever it is you're planning won't do a damned thing. Except maybe get you off the hook, if that's what you're looking for. Kill yourself and you'll never get a chance to balance the scales here.<br/><br/>"I've seen too many people kill themselves thinking that doing so will somehow make their mistakes all right," Brand insisted, speaking fast now. "But guess what: The consequences of their actions still remain in<span style="font-style: italic">this</span>world for everyone else to deal with. Dying was the easy out. Taking responsability and trying to make things better is the hard part.<br/><br/>"You had the courage to go into battle, to fight and to kill," he challenged her. "Have you got the courage to try to live, to change things in the here and now? Or are you a selfish coward?"