May have found the title for the next book after Goose – in case I don't keep »Dread Upon Reality« and just use it for a chapter while the majority of the story takes place on a boat: “Straw Widows”. Mum used that word today to describe the General, referring to people who were left behind while their spouses offed to work abroad, or at sea. So, sort of, provisional widows, or in this case - widowers..  I really like that word. I like the concept. Considering the main theme is provoking the General into chasing me through the universe :))