Jenny wrote: <Suppose he'd said, 'a trooper killed Bobby. She meant everything to me. We were to be married. When she died, a part of me died as well.'>
If he'd said that, I'd have checked the tape for what show I'd got on 'cause it sure wouldn't be Blake's 7 :-)
What Gan says - 'my woman' - is IMO perfectly in tune with the general tone of the language used in the series, especially by people within the federation itself (as apart from neutral worlds like Lindor). It *is* harsher than what we're used to a lot of the time, more reticent and much less effusive. This is very much in keeping with the coldly oppressive, sardine-tin society of the Federation. You don't spill your emotions to people when you've spent your life not knowing who you can trust.
Look at Blake in Hostage - "she meant a lot to me once" and that only in response to Jenna's direct question (oh, and BTW, he calls Inga 'the girl' in this scene rather than use her name. Twice.)
What the author is IMO trying to tell us is that Gan and the woman weren't married. That *is* the simple explanation, after all ...
(Not that I'm at all wedded to the concept *that* the simplest explanation is the best, you understand :-) IMO the best explanation is always the one that adds the most richness and enjoyment to the text while meeting canonical needs. Might be simple, might be wonderfully complicated. But if anyone prefers to always go for simplicity, there's nothing to stop them.)
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