I can’t fly with them and be the overall commander, too. It scares me even to think of that. Also, Ship absolutely will not allow it.“During the b...ttle, Arlene will have to think about the overall picture as well as flying her interceptor while in combat against a foe that outnumbers her squadron at least three to one, and that doesn’t even take into account the firepower of each of those damn Paladins. And... I also have to worry about her being too aggressive when she goes up against the. It’s an old family name, my mom’s great-grandmother.’ ‘Well it’s good to have traditions in the family. That there,’ he said, gesturing to the box of corn flakes she was scanning with his hand, his eyes still attached to her chest, ‘is something I adopted from my great-grandma, actually. Whenever she baby-sat for us, this was what we had, and at some point my brain turned it into a treat. Plain old corn flakes, but they taste like happy to me.’ The man chuckled at his own lame anecdote as. Which turned out to be none, no guilt. Not one fucking shred of remorse, and no intention of stopping.Her hand stopped again by itself, and she slammed the notebook and stormed up from her desk. She put her journal in the drawer then threw herself in bed, recalling the cursed day.When she married Mark, she knew she wasn’t marrying a smart man, but she’d never have thought that he was stupid enough to get caught the way he did. It was almost like he wanted to get caught.That day she was walking. My books didn’t interest me, not even the new ones. The one thing that remained on my mind the entire trip was Tiyya. How upset would she be about the extra time it took me to return? I warned her it might take longer than I projected. Would she be worried that I might not come back? Was she as worried about me not returning, as I was worried that she wouldn’t be waiting for me when I got back?I started each morning by watching the hologram of Tiyya approaching me for the first time. Each night.