Marcus raised his glass slightly in an imitation of a salute, neither confirming nor denying Blaise's comment.
"Well, at least you won't be bored out of you skull," he responded, half-jokingly.
Shrugging at the question, Marcus was quiet for a moment, and then answered, "Been better, but then again, things could always be worse. Haven't heard anything new from the Healers about Phillipa, so I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not." On the one hand, it was nice to know that he had all the information he could about his mother's condition, but conversely, that hadn't been nearly enough before he'd gotten her admitted, so he had to wonder what was going if he still knew nothing more.