"Gods, that's hard to imagine," Galen says, shaking his head slightly. "Even for as frakked up as everything was for us, at least it wasn't quite like that." It's comforting, too, to know that, with Nicky still back there. Maybe he wasn't really the kid's father after all, and maybe that was for the best, but at least he'll be brought up as well as anyone could in the fleet. That may not be saying a whole lot, but it's something. "I'm glad, too. That's how it should be."