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If everyone includes Babushka and Locky, the gnome accepts her share and retreats to a corner, her herbologist's curiosity awakened. Her kender friend is momentarily forgotten. Does she find out what the concoction is?

Babushka determines easily enough that the liquid is, indeed, grog. It's just watered down rum with a little lemon juice added.

She sips the mixture happily, then suddenly remembers she should make sure Locky doesn't get herself into trouble, Jerrard probably being busy.

Jerrard stands out of the way, leaning over the rail he keeps himself away from the others, they were all having fun. Giving a smile he lights up his pipe.

Locky takes a sniff of the drink, and passes with a shake of her hand, instead she keeps dancing.

"I'm going to assume that you two don't dance," Imani says as she approaches Thuskar and Ulster.

"What, me and him?" Ulster asks. "No, he always steps on my toes."

"Shaddup," Thuskar says with an eye roll. "I'm going to get a drink," he adds, throwing a wink toward Imani as he leaves her alone with Ulster.

Imani watches Thuskar walk off before she turns back to Ulster. "I meant...with other women, but um I guess it is nice to know that you two dance together?" she said, unsure if it was meant to be a joke or not.

Ulster tenses up. "No, I...I...I was just kidding. We don't actually...I mean, we're like brothers. But like...not in an incestial way. Ummm...wait, can I start over?"

Imani covered her mouth to try cover up her giggle, but it was impossible not to giggle at him. "Why don't I start, instead?" she asked as she let her hand fall to her side. "Would you dance with me?"

"Me? Dance? With you?" Ulster asks, turning beet red. "I, uh...I'm not really good. I mean, not like you. Not even close."

"Well, I'm not really very good at any dances that your people have," Imani admitted. "So maybe you can show me something that you know how to do?" she asked curiously.

"Well...uh...I mean, my mother did teach me some Solamnic ballroom dancing when I was a kid, but...that's kind of different from the kind of dancing anyone here is doing," Ulster points out.

"Ulster, I'm asking you to dance," Imani points out with a small smile. "You keep giving me reasons why we shouldn't."

Jerrard remains at the back, watching everyone have fun.