[h2]Zoe[/h2]

[quote=@Terrans]
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"Do you want to?" Memories of the steps accompanied the days spent learning the common dances; a necessity for an upcom9ing trader looking to intermingle with the upper crust. If only out of a commonality. Still for whatever reason Aden offered the appropriate arm and bowed his head in askance. "My waltz is serviceable, my lady." 

Though doing so in army boots, with a pistol belt and a stitched arm wound would be a new experience for Aden. He wisely left that part out.

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"Why Mister Robertson, I thought you'd never ask!" Zoe declared with a slight smirk, extending a hand politely, to allow him to lead her to the dance floor.  She glanced across at Carter, then Volodar and Arkadios, giving a quick eye to what was going on in the room before giving her full attention to Aden.

She still had that slight smirk on her face, as if there were some great joke that nobody else in the room knew about.

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[h2]Arkadios[/h2]

[quote=@Bingelly]
[b]Volodar Naesandoral[/b]

With a quiet nod as he stepped away from the bar, Volodar acknowledged Arkadios's presence as he too sipped from the rather fine Pobrysh that the men led by Carter seemed to be drinking as though it was cheap swill. The smooth warmness in his chest, as relaxing as it was, did little to smooth over the cavalier's unintentionally bruised ego nor dull the man's senses in any meaningful capacity.

"It's also a rather dangerous distraction, useful though it may be," he replied matter of factly. "With that [i]Klamka drzwi[/i] drinking his fair share of liquor, who is at the helm? That Hunyunak woman could likely manage, but God only knows if she's supposed to be the one on station right now."
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Arkadios gave a wry chuckle, knowing just enough Haltian to understand the comment, "I would suspect it is her," he paused, chewing him lip for a moment, before adding, "though your comment puts me in the mind to check.  Do you know how to pilot a ship such as this Sir?" he inquired, "As an infantryman, I, sadly, do not, though I have a rough grasp of some of the science behind her operation, gathered through my own reading."

He paused, clearly hoping to have someone who knew what to do with him, in the eventuality the ship was uncontrolled.