"'And I thought I was your first,' she said.
"'Why, Persis!' he grinned."
-CHAPTER NINE, p. 87.
But someone must have been his first. An "Even Younger Flandry" series is called for. He tells Persis about his parents and about his "'...record for demerits...'" (ibid.) at the Naval Academy. This makes him sound like David Falkayn who went further and was expelled from a militechnic (?) academy.
"What actually did happen? Everything was so gradual. Step by step. I never really did decide to go into Intelligence. But somehow, here I am."
-CHAPTER THIRTEEN, p. 133.
This is where Flandry realizes that a process has been happening that began, for him, when John Ridenour spoke to him here.
Later, Persis identifies what has gone from Dominic:
"Youth."
-CHAPTER FIFTEEN, p. 152.
In his second novel, young Flandry makes mistakes but/and learns from them. He is on his way.
2 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I would locate that loss of youth for Flandry when he realized exactly what Brechdan Ironrede and his Grand Council were up to in the Saxo system.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
That was it. I abbreviated!
Paul.
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