Edward smiled at the new arrival "Welcome Talinda, please join us. My name is Edward Waters" He waved over another serving girl. "Another round for the table please." Then he turned back to Mara. "You are right of course. Before, when I was planning to go alone, I had hoped to slip past with Durnan being distracted by Versengold. But I guess we better get prepared."<br/><br/>He had to recalibrate, rethink his plan. But at this point he was too distracted by the beautiful woman next to him. Holding her hand he smiled "I guess you are right once more. We can never be sure what the future holds, so why wait?" He looked around the table at everyone. "So, I suggest whoever wants to join in meet me in my room upstairs tomorrow morning an hour after sun up, and we'll find a way in. For now, let's enjoy the show"<br/><br/>He turned to face Mara again. "Perhaps a little later we can see what we can do to relieve that stress" With that he gently stroked her hair and cheek."