04-14-2008, 12:16 AM
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The objections Giuseppe might have raised died unspoken at the back of his throat. Maria's family had always been a thorn in their sides; a very distinct roadblock on the highway to happiness. To be rid of the old patriarch's meddling would be a very real relief. His thoughts drifted briefly to his own family, with whom he still was on good terms. He was close to a sibling or two, but that was about it. He was a younger son, after all, and very few would miss him. Two obstacles down, one more looming. 'Souls was a barbarian land, rough and less civilized than the half-society found across the ocean. "Non sarà facile, vivendo qui." His unsaid words accompanied the comment, Are you sure you can handle it? It would, after all, be different from everything he had ever known.[/html]