Suggest that BD departure may be a sacrificial one. Has he left because he refused to take out the axe and chop off the heads of the those who refuse to toe the line. Is this an indication that he may well have grown a back bone. Has he had a show of emotion and could it be that he was the LAME's best friend?
Is the executioner about to arrive?
Who ever he is he will be the "Grim Reaper" the end may soon be here.