Not all escapes end in life. [ It is a whisper so soft that it might not have been meant to hear at all, and for a moment there is a shadow in his eyes and on his face, a memory of long ago and far away, maybe, but then it passes and he focuses on her again ]

Then I would suggest looking at ways to cheat death, pitya. There are quite a few, if one is clever about it, less, if one is not keen on dabbling in the dark arts, but still... there are ways.