Three dollars and some change

Having a baby doesn't make her learn how to care for herself for herself, it's still the situation where she's having to care for herself for her child.

Point.

I'd hope . . and here I'm really talking about her like she's a real person rather than a character, but bear with me . . I'd hope that it would, at the least, be an educational experience. It wouldn't automatically solve her issues, but it might give her a bit of enforced distance from which to view them - i.e. she won't be out there putting her ass on the line all the time, and yet the world will keep spinning. For the first little while I'd expect it would drive her nuts and turn her into the psychotic bitch from hell because of the stress of it, but after a couple months she'd have to adapt at least a little. I don't think she's an adrenaline junky, I don't think she actually *likes* being in danger, I think it's compulsive. A period of enforced safety and carefulness would be like . . detox. At this point, I don't think it's occurred to her that there's any other way she could live.

But, regardless, I suspect you're going to get your wish - I doubt LKH would write Anita pregnant. It may be a direction I'd like to see her take, but what I read in that little blurb at the end of 'Micah' didn't suggest that direction at all.

-Sonya