I wish I could give details, but I read IE a while back and only remember that though I wasn't sure A & S could have saved L in the initial stages, I thought they should have *tried* more. Shades of Dumbledore re: Harry, really. I also thought they owed and *could* have given her more truth than they did, and since I consider truth a basis of friendship and hold it extremely high regard in all settings, I'm not invested in Aislinn much anymore.

And regarding your comments above, I think I also saw Irial as either deliberately offering Leslie an out or letting the expected happen without interference.