"Great, so now I know what to do. Tom I have a plan but I need you to cooperate with me and let me go through with this." Her eyes were pleading, her voice thick with anticipation. "I know what I am doing, and I know all of the risks that go with it... the consequences that could fall upon more people than I can imagine if I fail. But that can't stop me from going. I'm not asking your permission to go, I'm asking for you to make it easier to go."