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It was suddenly so clear, everything. There was no such thing as abandonment, there were only people in impossible positions, people who had a best hope, or maybe only a sole hope. When the graver danger awaited, it wasn't abandoning, it was saving. (429)
Because Ga now has something to lose, he's beginning to make some profound discoveries. In this case, he's seeing that sometimes the most hurtful behavior has a legitimate motivation. This epiphany comes courtesy of his own planned abandonment of Sun Moon and her children to their fate in America so that he can save Comrade Buc's family. Despite his humble beginnings as an unloved orphan who had nothing to lose, Impostor Ga now finds himself in the position to behave selflessly—and to understand the hold that true love can have on a human soul.