Salai nodded and favored Analise with the sort of smile that forgave her immediately for her misshap with his name. As she answered his question he trailed a hand lightly up her arm in a gentle caress. "Thank you, Analise," he cooed, accepting her beautiful smile and her heartfelt words as high praise.<br/><br/>"Its something I've been working on for a bit," Salai said in a low tone meant for her ears only that resonated with the music still teasing her mind's ear. "I've always been interested in how music can physically affect us and grants us a sense of our innate connectedness," he explain ed then chucked d he realized how he must sound.<br/><br/>As she lit up another cigarette, Salai said selfdepricatingly, "sorry... I've professor-itis... Only one cure I know for it... O game?" he posed the question ads a playful challenge she could decline easily should she care to.