More like independant. People still died, after all. It would be irresponsible to let them suffer over my own short-lived attachments.

[She had simply wanted to make sure that no one would have to suffer the way Elizabeth did. Although in her efforts, the situation worsened regardless whether Ravine played a role in it or not. It was all the more reason for her to stay, than to find a Door and check out of her slowly decaying world and abandon the lives left behind.]

The Dumah have been weakened over the last several centuries. Elizabeth was, ultimately, the last sacrifice to them.