Tahlia was not surprised to the way the people had reacted to the captain’s entry. She’d been on military ships before, and worked with such people in the past. Those were habits that were hard to break, even in a more relaxed atmosphere like this one. She nodded politely to the man who who had come up to them, doing her best not to smile too widely at the captain’s jest at the man’s expense. “Pleasure to meet you.” she said softly, though she took note of his gaze. Women had a sense, she’d often been told by her nanny growing up, when men stole glances at her body. Tahlia’s…. Was hit or miss. She smiled at the captain’s reasurances, however.<br/><br/>“It's alright. I’m often eating at strange hours, so i’m used to getting weird looks in the employee mess at headquarters, when i wander in at four AM looking for lunch.” she teased, blushing a little knowing that from his brief encounter with her, he’d understand what she meant.  She took the pulled out chair, and hesitated for a moment, hoping the captain would stick around for a bit. She didn’t want to be alone. But she didn’t want to ask him to step away from whatever duties checking in on her was keeping him from.