”“If it wasn’t for his love of Matty, I think he would have retreated to his tree home many years before I came onto the scene. Kineta was heavi...y influenced by her family and Queen Angeni, and her perceived place in court. She seemed to believe every lie she was told about Rickard.”“Even though Rickard was considered a bastard, he was still in line for the throne by the direct descendants’ law. As far as Angeni was concerned, Matty was her heir, despite who her father was. Legally she could. I could imagine her butt threatening to break through the surface of the water. It didn’t help my misgivings.Yes, given the chance, I would look. My girls gave me chances all the time. This was different though. This woman wasn’t one of my girls. She wasn’t a family friend. For that matter, she was convinced that I had to leave town to end the firebombs. Yes, she was correct, but that was a different matter. It wasn’t as mundane an issue as she understood it. No more than our common presence in. ”“Yes, of course, and that’s normal. But, what’s the definition of a diagnosable illness?”“When things which might be common to all of us interfere with our ability to function in society.”“At one time or another, you’ll exhibit some of the markers for just about every mental illness. The most common one is depression, and usually it’s dealt with by short-term counseling. Clinical depression is a very different thing.”“I know.”“Going back to Angie, her behavior fits a number of things in ICD-9,. Usually only a dozen Marines and 20 – 30 ARVN comprised a single self-sustaining unit. Almost all the units were over-run in the first 24 hours of the offensive and only about half of the Marines made it back to centralized Group camps. I don’t have the figures, and it has been 43 years, but it seems like about 1,800 KIA or MIA just in a 14 day time span. Most of the ARVN just melted away. Pretty much didn’t have much choice considering the overwhelming odds against them.Despite the losses, the.