There has been a lot of discussion about the deceitful killing of vAlin by rAma. Despite the justifications which rAma offers they seem hollow. However, after some thought I concluded that vAlmIki purposefully presented it that way. As we have seen he closely follows the shruti&

repeatedly tries to illustrate the indra-nature of the ikShvAku prince by paralleling the acts of indra in the shruti. This I believe represents that side of indra which is hard to grasp for the unrealized:
bahvIH sandhA atikramya divi prahlAdIyAn atR^iN aham antarikShe paulomAn

pR^ithivyAM kAlakA~njAn | tasya me tatra na loma chanAmIyata |
I guess a later day votary felt similarly about the slaying of vAlin as an Arya of yore might have felt when he heard the above shruti-vAkya-s: perhaps, even a sense of awe.