"I have had a lot of time to try to be what I wanted to be, while I wandered. I have accumulated a few degrees. I even did a few months work at Denver General Hospital."
He shrugged.
"An astronaut. Floating out in space, close to the stars."
He grinned almost boyishly. He stroked her face, his hands hesitant as he smiled a little softer.
"But I would not want to change the road that led me to here and now."