Jack folded the newspaper and set it down to the side, diverting his full attention to Alex. He looked up to her and laughed. "Oh yeah, you think that's something? Try telling people when the war is going to end."

Beat.

"And when the next one is going to begin. You should see the looks on their faces then."

He took the glass from her and drank a single sip.

"I was wrong," he said, serious again, "last time I was here, I was wrong. I didn't come here like I thought I did. There's something bigger going on."