[ Mary finds rituals important for her own reasons, which can starkly contrast just how spontaneous and quirky her habits can be. The rituals, to her, are necessary to live the kind of life she wants. An ideal that she wants to achieve, but then what sort of ideal would it be? ]

Ah, yes, well... If you want a truly traditional wedding, it would be different. We had planned this for May, and the guest list was going to be much larger. There would have been a full bridal party, a band, and the wedding would have been in a church. We would have taken the reception elsewhere, perhaps to the beach.

This was rather...spontaneous. Was it spontaneous with Gilliam, or planned?