"Well, try not to fret too much. You didn't know Frank when he first joined us. He was troubled, but kind and good, and the road was his home. I think he misses it more than he'd like to let on. And his relationship with the Chieftain went along just fine, thank you, even when they were apart for months." She grins as she says it, but the grin fades after a moment. "Well...until the months became years. Then things...weren't so good."