<Snipped: A backchat about Kircheis and Oberstein> For what it's worth, I agree that Oberstein's insistence on everyone being disarmed was the cause of Kircheis' death. As a fanfic writer who likes the character, I could find lots of reasons for Oberstein's actions, but I'm not going to go into them here. Personally, I think that it'd be great to write an alternate "What If" story about Kircheis surviving and Oberstein dying. I admit, if *I* wrote it, I'd be biased. I don't think things would have necessarily been any better/more perfect in that scenario than the one that *was* written. Still, I'd love to see it. Deborah "Legion" Brown - So he's a manipulative bastard. That's what makes him *interesting*!