Oh, that was painful and beautiful and true, all the things I've come to expect from your writing. I love the bit with Dukhat at the end - her relationships with Lennier and Dukhat really strike me as two sides of the same coin in a lot of ways. Not to say that Delenn had the same feelings for Dukhat that Lennier does for her, I don't think, but that there's a level of devotion there that English knows only the word 'love' to describe.

I'm going to go sniffle and worry over the fate of Lennier, now. And hope that I can somehow find a way to make him come 'home,' if only for my own sanity and satisfaction.