It was those three words that turned Steves' death from mere performance of duty to 'heroic self-sacrifice'. Diana had already seen dozens, if not hundreds, of people die for their country, on both sides. As an Amazon warrior, she would take this as a matter of course. What she needed to see was that a man with everything to live for, a man who had finally found the love of his life, could and would still willingly sacrifice himself. Quite apart from the fact that a man who was as Alpha a male as you can get was able and willing to fall in love with a woman who is his superior in every way....Never mind, you'll just say I'm 'mansplaining', won't you?