Martha tends to think most people are good people until they are proven otherwise, and sometimes even being proven otherwise tends to be circumstantial. It was one of the things that she'd learned aboard the Barge and one of the reasons that she'd been friendly with so many people there. It was an interesting dichotomy, really.


Martha herself ordered a personal sized pizza before she took a sip of her water. She'd been careful to wear a long shirt, and the cuff of it covered the mark at her wrist.

His direct question deserved a direct answer, so she gave him one. "Well, in part it's because I don't want you to assume because I'm married to Sev, that we shouldn't talk or anything. I know he can be very 'stay out of my life' about me."