Thunder Dome ambergris

hadn't bronco said the same? something like it? could she even remember what his voice sounded like? "sundance," the raven said again in an anguished moan, her eyes blurring with tears, "i have loved four times and been married twice since you gone. four children. two husbands died." she swallowed.
"nothing left," and a soft, strained laugh. "i — exhausted to think of starting over."
there was no absence of affection or even longing as she stared up into his soft eyes, willing herself to resist the dream that shone there.