Killing them always sounds a bit like the easy way out, but then, sending them West feels not so much better (from the easy way out point of view). I'd do the latter, if I had to choose between the two, perhaps even letting her going for ailing/sick parents or sibling or something else which will take her down a bit on the sympathy level or so. I don't suppose it would be an option to have her go the same way first, as in finding a women she prefers to be with, and either following her to the West, or somewhere else? I'm not sure I fully understand how you mean the part about the leeway.