Tear's interest was caught also, as she looked from Luke to Jade. After all they had been through together, all the times they had thought they were losing eachother... It was always in the back of her mind, threatening the happiness she felt at being here -- and adding a tinge of guilt for it. The days in Paixao were easy... and even though part of her wanted them to stay that way, she wasn't so flightly as to believe it could last forever.

"Is something the matter, Colonel?"