Reaper Man/Heartwarming

"Miss Flitworth: Silk. Finest white silk. Never been worn. Death:"
 * At the end,.
 * Slightly earlier, he brings her "a diamond to be her friend", misinterpreting "diamonds are a girl's best friend". Something about the scene tugs at my heartstrings in a wonderful way.
 * And it's implied he even earlier saves a little girl from death by.
 * What really sells it is the little internal conflict between Death and Bill Door. Death knows that children die, not in a cruel or uncaring way, but just as a fact of existence. To Bill Door "This was all so much horse elbows."
 * There's a subtler one earlier where the farmers remark on how Death cuts corn very quickly despite cutting each stalk individually. This evokes how he empathizes with humanity and sees them as individuals, unlike the New Death later in the book who treats them like cattle.
 * And he stops and has a chat with Windle Poons. This a kinder Death.
 * As Death sharpens his new scythe.
 * And he stops and has a chat with Windle Poons. This a kinder Death.
 * As Death sharpens his new scythe.


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