Marcus sighed as she spoke, she was being positive sure but it was still unrealistic. There would be no possible way that Lan wouldn't hate him unless Marcus gave Liz to him and he would rather die than do that. He and Lan were in fact, doomed to hate each other and there was no way to change that, but he didn't want to tell Rissa that yet.<br/><br/>"Well, if I was still the same person mentally now as I was back then I would be smoking and drinking a lot more", he said before wrapping his pinky around her's and doing the pinky swear thing. He sighed once more, "I was talking to your mother about this earlier", he said looking at the ground, "I just hope she isn't too mad at me for it". The last thing he wanted was for her to be angry with him when Lan was here, it was an opportunity for him to play guardian.<br/><br/>He moved his arms around her then, bringing her into a soft embrace. "I love you, hon. It means a lot to mean that you'd try to help your old man", he said resting his head on her shoulder. He moved back a bit, "should we wait for the others or head in to shop?".