Most would agree that， judging by Mel’s past， she would have continued her indifferent execution of missions unchanged even in Rahnas’s ideal world. She almost certainly would have lost the last shreds of her emotions， including even the fear of death. In time， her almost-mechanical movements and nature would have become a symbol of terror to the common people. With Mel as a symbolic deterrent against subversives， Rahnas’s control would have been all the more secure.