Helen said:
Ev ery *other* time Blake decided not to kill Travis, I thought he was a schmuck, but I understood it in this case [Duel] because he was being
ordered
to do so by a fool of a ghost from an alien race that got themselves killed off. He's really got no reason to trust them, and he certainly doesn't want to do whatever they say. He's a rebel, after all.
Yeah, but whoever told him or didn't tell him, POV Blake killing Travis (like eating oatmeal) is Just The Right Thing to Do. I've seen it cited as a maxim of the British royal family that you never pass up a chance to have something to eat or go to the loo, because you don't know when you'll have the next chance...well, WHENEVER you have the chance to kill an implacable enemy who has been driven insane by a desire for vengeance on you... kill him!
-(Y)