Marianne gives him quite the knowing and sympathetic look. "I used to hate when my adoptive father would make me attend formal banquets, too. I always worried about making a fool out of myself." She handles large events better now that she's no longer terrified of her own shadow, but that's a conversation for an entirely different time and place.

"I'm relieved and happy for you! It really makes all the difference in the world to have a familiar face in such an unfamiliar place like this."