Anastasia D’crux was a well traveled woman, the Lord Captain of a vessel for many years and someone who was quite used to surprises. The Dusker being so eloquent and well spoken was hardly something that floored her but it did give her a momentary pause as he addressed her once more and asked her if he should continue a charade of ignorance that the noble folk expected of him. Ana pauses to consider it for a moment, one hand toying with the edge of the sash at her waist. It didn’t take long hower, no more than a few seconds and she was shaking her head, a casual shrug of her shoulders reinforcing the choise. “If I was truly concerned of anyone here this evening there are quite a few honor guard strewn about and watching. Enjoy yourself this evening, work starts tomorrow.”<br/>The comment about the harem however was enough to make Ana grin ear to ear. It wasn’t true that she had one, of course but the fact the man had taken it so literally was still a cause for some laughs.  Her hands clasp behind her back and Ana readjusts trying to take some of the weight off of her heels. “Harem dear? No I was joking like Odwin. A single man or woman is hard enough to maintain I could hardly maintain a score or more of them.” Whatever she was going to say afterward was interrupted however, her thoughts stolen by nervous and shaky voice that came from her left side.<br/><br/>Anastasia was prompt to address her, turning her head to look at Salinas with a charming pearl-capped smile that reflected the light just a bit too brightly. Her violet eyes were focused on the feral worlder at that point, squarely on her face. The Nazcan girl was quite pretty, just as much as Ana had remembered from the picts, though she felt perhaps the smudge of dirt on her cheek in the picts had perhaps added a little something. Truth be told it was part of why she’d decided to recruit Salinas aside from her obvious qualifications. It was damnable but Ana had a weakness for feral worlders in general that she tried to argue was just in the injustice of the Imperium defiling their beliefs and worlds but she had to admit they were ptime examples of human beings.<br/><br/>“Yes you will serve as the chief overseeing Agriculture unless you wish to find another task on board at this point.” As always Ana’s voice was smooth and pleasant, hardly intimidating but in fact quite the opposite. “You’ve been so quiet Salinas. Are you perhaps nervous? I hope you will be joining for dinner after as well.”<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>