| Re: The Outrider Chronicles
Vanic has personal demons to wrestle with, as well.
His marriage is being strained by the long separations. Annabel, the wife, wants to rent a suite on the nearest Outrider station so she can be closer to him when he's in port. The last thing he wants, however, is for her to be closer to the war zone. They are leading separate lives, in essence. Each has a career, and all the tribulations and pressures therein.
The problem is, he can't share much of what he knows with her. The mutiny, the troubling reports about Khallie activities...it is all very sensitive material, and he fears it would trouble her too much. |