In reply to Catherine Harston (msg # 235):
Catherine Harston:
Oh, that was my mistake, for some reason I thought you had mentioned that earlier. There's no way Catherine would know that information, so should I modify my post?
While Joseph does not have any Flaws/Edges of
Secret Background or
Hidden History, and
any such thing, he does, sometimes, seem to act a little
"cagey" about his background. Sometimes he even dodges answering specific questions by changing the subject.
So,
no, do
not change that post.
Maybe Catherine
believes she heard Joseph, or maybe Felicity, mention that Joseph was a Naval Officer (neither has).
Joseph
has mentioned that he's from Galveston, Texas (a Port City), and that his Father was a
Sea Captain. I
think Joseph even mentioned his Father died in 1865 "
Commanding a ship in the Service of Texas".
Possibly, in her past, Catherine has known Naval Officers--Friends, Family, Friends of family, all British, of course--and something about Joseph reminds her of them? Some turn of phrase he's used, some element of body language, the way he holds his binoculars, or how he study's a map...reminds Catherine of someone from her past, "The Commander", and it was a mere slip of the tongue on her part, when she called Joseph "Commander". But
Joseph doesn't know that
^_^ Even Catherine doesn't realize she did that...
Unless she happened to notice the reaction it triggered in Joseph, and is puzzled by it.
Just as a bit of trivia--during, and for some years after, the US Civil War the conflict was called by the Union/Federal loyalists the "War of the Rebellion" or "War of the Southern Rebellion".
On the flip side, Confederates called the conflict the "War Between the States" or the "War of Northern Aggression".
It all depended upon POV ^_^
