Damn, that should have worked... she sighed, quietly eating her salad as her mother talked.  That is, until the 'groom' and 'parents-in-law' came up.  Damn...<br/><br/>"Fine, sorry mother." she said, figuring she might as well apologize, even if she really didn't see what was so wrong with stopping by for a few minutes "But I<em>didn't</em>have the option to pull back; most all of them were wounded or drained, and ultimately there were so many dead... if I hadn't been there to finally put him out, there might have been even more casualties..."<br/><br/>She sighed, took a few more bites in silence, but then continued.<br/><br/>"Anyway, what's happened has happened, no point arguing about it.  So what happens now?  What is this... suggestion you made to my...<em>husband-to-be</em>and his family?" she said, wincing a bit as she said those last few words, not liking how they felt leaving her mouth "Am I just going to meet him tonight or something?"