I didn't get to say anything else because, as luck would have it, my mother chose that exact moment to join us. Naturally. Hayle timing and all that delightfulness that just complicated matters.
From the widening of her eyes and the way she gaped at me, I know she caught the last few words as she stepped out of the veil, GreatGram beside her, the powerhouse team stopping in their tracks at the sight of Piers with us and, I assume, my bloodthirsty pronouncement of pending murder.