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'At first he imagined dying alongside the rest of them, agony splintering through him, perfect understanding and then perfect oblivion. He asked himself if this was what he wanted, and he kept asking until he could believe his own answer. Paul was still braver than his father. He would try to survive like Julian, defiant, holding his body together through sheer will to live.' (p.90)