"I took in some 'cultural dancing' of my own," Karla said, gratefully (and rather pathetically) taking both and swallowing them down. "There's a place called The Landing Strip in Theed. It sounded like fun."

She eyed him and added, "If I'd thought you'd be at all interested, I'd've invited you along, but I didn't want you to feel like you had to sit through the, ahh, performance just to keep an eye on me."