Ethan listens and hangs his head, "you know its better than knowing that they're dead.... I wish I could believe all my brothers made it out but I was there I saw them all...." he looks distant while reliving these memories of his final mission as a soldier. "Oh never mind that tell me about you beautiful, how does such a beautiful and talented woman end up half dead and at the gates of this town?" Ethan truly wanted to know more about Eliza, he was in many ways infatuated with her already but would not even dream of acting on his impulses. As they talked he finished his meal and offered to clean up taking her dish when she finished and heading to the kitchen. His mind was stuck on the death of his temporary Lieutenant Hawthorn, but he smiled realizing that he was now under the command of another American named Hawthorn.<br/><br/>After the dishes were done Ethan came back to the table and finished his whiskey, "Well it's bedtime I need to wake up early and familiarize myself with the old basic training exercises." He turned to walk out of the room and stopped, "actually I don't remember if you gave me permission to stay tonight and I'd hate to be presumptuous madame." He waited and hoped she would let him sleep on the couch or something soft, he would absolutely kill to sleep in a clean saft bed again for the first time in months.