She took a careful bite of her own, tasting it before deciding it was quite good. She shook her head, setting down her fork and dabbing her lips with a napkin. "No, I was thinking the same but I didn't want to assume you didn't have prior claims on you." She paused and then expanded her statement. "On your time."

She didn't get the feeling he was the sort who had a pretty girl in every space port, but she realized she didn't know much more about him than she had before.

"If we were on a world I knew I could suggest a dozen things to do, it feels odd being the newcomer and unprepared." Part of her life as a diplomat and leader was to know what she was getting into. Because the Nexus changed so much it was almost impossible to be properly prepared for it.