Thankyou. I'm still not entirely happy with the ending, but I think I have the 'feel' of the rest of the piece about right.

Don't feel sorry for Rae. She is, oddly, the most stable and centred of all my characters. And would be a lot more so if she could explain in words that would make sense to all the people who keep trying to help her by pushing her away from what she feels is right.