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* [[Duel to the Death]]: The Minbari Den'Sha, though [[Fridge Logic|its very existence]] [[Ape Shall Never Kill Ape|poses some problems]].
** The tie-in novels and background materials suggest that willingly entering the Den'sha is legally considered to place responsibility for death on the person themselves. So it's "suicide by Minbari Warrior" for the loser and the victor hasn't "actually" killed in any legal or religious sense. The degree to which this satisfies the viewer is no doubt up to them.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: At the end of the episode, Marcus asks Neroon to find a less uncomfortable method for any future revelations he has. Neroon [[Babylon 5/Recap/S04
* [[Heel Realization]]: A minor but significant case; Neroon comes to understand that Delenn was right about humans and Minbari being more alike than different, and that she is the worthier leader because of the loyalty she earns from her subordinates. He says that Marcus, in what might have been his last moments, was "more Minbari than I".
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Discussed by Lennier and Marcus after Lennier explains how breaking his promise not to tell anyone about Neroon by telling Marcus is not really breaking his promise.
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