He has other strengths. She can appreciate a man who never lies to her and is honest about what he wants or needs. She can enjoy not having to second-guess his suggestions or his motives. She can like having a friend who doesn't mind sitting quietly.

"It is sometimes," she admits. "Things are different here and... I miss my home sometimes. I miss the familiarity of it, and the fact I could walk the streets in the safety of being anonymous. Nobody there was spying on me," hi Colonel Hughes, "and I had no particular responsibility to anyone alive except my mom. But I'm better off here, and I have to allow myself to accept that. It would be foolish to not take a good thing when it's offered, right?"

Right, Max?