Delicately crafted eyebrows lifted as the woman's cheeks colored, an expression that announced Marcella's interest in the girl's condition.  A half smile formed on her lips, easing the powerful features of her face.  "I don't know if you really believe that statement right now, or even if you should."  One hand reached forward to gather the pipe from her hand, though her face lifted upward as the sounds of ceremony began.  The pose would grant the other woman a beautiful view of Marcella powerful neck and shoulders, though her womanly nature could not be hidden even beneath training.  Marcella's neck, while strong, curved down into her shoulders with the soft grace that only a woman could maintain.  The shoulders were more slender than a man's, though the muscles were thick and powerful there from constant use.  Marcella was indeed an attractive woman, but just not a beautiful one.<br/><br/>She was a few steps behind Kalinda, her posture and gaze daring anyone to make mention of their late arrival.  Marcella was not so inept though to openly challenge others, nor not take the oppurtunity for others of her family to make note of her prescence.  They had sent her here in the hopes of making an introduction and they would get just that.