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I haven't done the epilogue that will clearly answer all our questions, but it seems this is more of a will to live thing. In the notes she obsesses over Rover finally coming to see her, to approve of what she's doing, and it never happens. When you finally meet up again, you are an antagonist to her (not really your fault, to be fair), and deny the path she's chosen. She views this as a betrayal of your last statement to her, and loses her will to carry on, finally succumbing to her near death state. We see her brush close to death multiple times during the patch and we save her, pulling her back. Of course, we both know she'll be fine and break out of the land beyond... somehow.