Dejah's laugh melts to a chuckle. "He worries, that's all. And yes, he's a traditionalist. Believe me, we've gone round and round on the issue. I cherish his counsel, but yes, what's the saying? I take it with a grain of salt."

After that whole surrender and get married thing? Yeah, Tardos Mors can sit down and keep his mouth shut. Dejah loves her father, but she is very much her own woman.