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Nigel rubbed her arm and patted her on the shoulder until she was able to stop crying. “There, there. I’m sure your strapping young lad will return home. If he doesn’t, well then he doesn’t and there’s not much you can do about that. You seem like a woman who’s always in control, now you just need to accept that this is out of your hands. Best thing to do is just soldier on and try not to think about what might happen. Yes, terribly thing might happen, but they haven’t yet so it’s best not to dwell my dear. And if you need to cry you just cry, I always feel better after a nice long cry. You know my father was drafted into the military once. ((Actually Nigel’s father is of the age in canon that he probably was drafted into WW1 or WW2)) I remember how worried my mother seemed and how lonely I felt. But he came back! If my father can go to war and return safe, your husband can too.”

“Well, you’re lucky your father came back!” Tiana snapped. “Cause mine sure as hell didn’t! He enlisted in the last war, and he got killed over there! He was taken from me and I never saw him again! And now…” the tears came back, “the same thing is going to happen to Naveen.” she sobbed again. Nigel was right that she had to accept the situation was out of her control, but it was so hard to do. For someone like Tiana, who had always been able to work towards what she wanted, now it wasn’t possible.