[It's not terribly hard to smile for Ucchii's sake, and hell maybe they can even toast to it later tonight. It's not like everything ended horribly, anyway. It just... didn't end the way Ian wanted it to.]
Thinking about it, I should have realized this sooner. You've been here for eight months already, after all - it would have been odd for you to be aware of everything that happened recently.
[Ian is now considering his personal timeline to be the one they should all be on, kthx]