User blog comment:DancePowderer/The Shave of Things to Come/@comment-3326484-20110110015009/@comment-1595565-20110110021016

Just because the shadow of death is upon him doesn't necessarily mean he's out. Think of Luffy in Impel Down, Magellan's poisons would have killed him if Ivankov hadn't helped. The shadow can also mean the brink.