The deal with Rachel would have been dealt with in the subscription Joyce and Walky! story, specifically the happenings at the wedding. But that remains unfinished, and I'd been reluctant to talk about it, rather than just very subtly hint that something was off.  Plus, well, y'know, this is Shortpacked!, which isn't about Joe or Walky or Joyce or whoever, and I try not to cross-pollenate too much.  But with J&W! kinda having trailed off, you folks at least deserve lip service to her absence, though, so here it is. Some day it'll be spelled out.  There are hints in the existing J&W! material, but they're the kind that you wouldn't notice until after they're illuminated...