Falkayn Remembers IV

See:

Falkayn Remembers
Falkayn Remembers II
Falkayn Remembers III

These three posts address a single passage in Mirkheim, the last work to feature Falkayn. The full list of what he remembers is in II above although, comparing my version of the list with the original passage, I see that I shortened the items slightly. Thus, e.g., I wrote that he remembered holding his newborn daughter but not that he remembered fearing that he might drop her - or that her name is Juanita. What did he mean by "...a firefall between two stars..."?

There are at least two other occasions when Falkayn reminisces although, when he is younger, there is less to remember. The first is in his opening story,  here: "...his father's mansion and his mother's face..."

The second is in his second story, "A Sun Invisible." I will fully quote the entire list:

"...how light is trapped in the leaves of a wind-blown tree...";
"...how good the beer had tasted in a funny little Swiss tavern...";
"...how often he had laughed among friends...";
"...how a woman felt." (VI, p. 306)

Nothing about Hermes or Ivanhoe but nevertheless a good list.

As in Mirkheim, Falkayn remembers good times because he is in danger. He reflects that, if he switches off his hyperdrive, then the two pursuing patrol craft will no longer detect his ship by its hyperpulses but they will know the point at which he stopped so they will then go sublight and detect his neutrino emissions - a means of detection used by Nicholas van Rijn in "Hiding Place."