Twins! (not really but kind of)

Page 165: "She won't send another one. She's not even my girl anymore, she won't... Man I got to find it."
When I read page 165, I was instantly reminded of Cross at the very beginning of the story. The young soldier had lost this picture of the girl he was most likely still in love with. He was caring more about losing this picture than Kiowa, who had been killed. Cross was the same to me. In the beginning, he carried around letters, pictures, and gifts from Martha. She did not love him, but he loved her, just like the young soldier and his once girl. When Lavendar died, he had been thinking of Martha, just like the soldier had been thinking of the girl in his picture. Either way, the two of them were focusing on something that should have been in the back of their minds. When they were at war, I think they needed to think of their fellow men because they were the ones who had each others back.