Helen said (in answer to):
What is he trying to convey by
having Gan say "my woman"?
Laws that did not allow certain people to marry?
It occurred to me last night that, since many statements made in B7 reflect an economical attitude toward truth (perhaps it's a scarce, rationed resource) perhaps the decedent was Gan's "woman" and the trooper's wife, and the trooper killed her when she happened to be in bed with Gan at the time.
-(Y)