Another Question

[etv13.livejournal.com]

 (also in the comments to the Question post below)

What would Gen have done if Attolia had refused to marry him when they were in the boat?  Was he bluffing, or  would he really have killed her?

Comments

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

Well, probably no one is reading this by now, but here's what I've always thought: Things were desperate. He had to take a huge risk, to gamble absolutely everything on this marriage. I think he had decided that if she said no, he would drown her -- and then drown himself. And having decided this, I think he made up his mind that it must not come to this, so he did everything he could to frame his argument in a way she'd have to accept.