Well, maybe I was giving you advice I needed to hear myself. [He laughs quietly. Sometimes it's easier not to practise what you preach.]

And you should apologise! What if my poor handsome face got a Lorenz handprint on it permanently!

[He's not actually mad about it, so he just grins slightly before stealing a kiss from Lorenz's forehead. When he settles back again, his expression becomes more serious once more.] As for Marianne -- it sounds like things shake out pretty good for us all at home, so I'm not worried on that front. But she'll be counting on us to see things through here, so it's important we don't get discouraged... No matter how hard that is now.