Kaidan, even at the best of times, can be somewhat clueless in terms of the myriad nuances of a good guarded expression. Despite his tactical social butterfly approach to the evening, a flash of the nerd lurking beneath the accomplished exterior surfaces, and leaves him meeting her stare with an "...or I can talk, and you can stare at me. That works too."

He also meets it with a lift of his hand to take hers, leading her out into the heart of the polite swirl of dancers before settling them into an unobjectionable foxtrot that doesn't so much approximate whatever dancing games the Cetagandans are playing with each other as match the time signature and travel at the same pace and direction. Fortunately, his lessons have included enough drilling on the importance of a strong lead that following is not hard. "A little direction on what you'd like me to talk about would be nice, though."