I shall treasure the memories forever. I hope you won't be embarrassed when I tell you this, but Lanni mentioned that you were particularly puzzled by the cause of my husband's death and by my reasons for standing by him in his final years. For someone who is unacquainted with Norda, I can well understand that you would also be taken aback by the Worship Director's remark that he had abused me. So let me explain. To begin with, Homeland is not Paradise, however much it must seem that way to a person who is newly arrived from a developing planet like Earth.
Every schoolchild knows that genetic drift in both higher and lower life forms see to that.
When my husband was first informed of his fate by his physician, he experienced a complete, but temporary, change of personality. He became overbearing and demanding. He treated me like a virtual slave, and insisted upon ruling the household arbitrarily. I slept on the living room carpet, and cried many a tear on Lanni's shoulder. This is what the Worship Director was referring to when he spoke of my husband's abuse.