Wow ... yeah .. I am completely peeling onions too ... I have mastered detachment atleast 100 times .. pffft-not. I totally get it though and you are right, you understand these things in layers and stages, no way can you understand stage 8 till you go through 1-7 ... it sounds insane but even that makes sense with this MLC 101 class we all were forced to take.
Like yours .. mine has not filed for D either, and I have long stopped scratching my head on that one... like you she has not felt the fear of losing me either ... that whole paved smooth to home thing .. I buffed that puppy to a polish, she could ice skate home if she wanted..lol