Rex filed this. The information was useful in ways that required some distance to properly map, and he had time to do that mapping.
What he had now was a clearer picture of the obstacle, which was the more immediately relevant thing.
"Thank you for telling me that," he said.
Elizabeth looked at him with the expression of someone who has given information and is now watching to see how it lands. "Well, to tell you the truth..."
"I'm not advising you either way," she said. "Lily makes her own choices, and I respect it since it's not my right to choose how she chooses her life."
"I just thought you should know what you're walking into."
"Yeah, thanks again, I appreciate that."
She held his gaze for a moment, then looked back at the path. "Don't make it a problem in my family," she said. "That's all I'm asking."
"You won't notice a thing," Rex said.
