Lounging in his chair, Johan watches their new arrival closely, both noting when she does- and<span style="font-style: italic">does not</span>- begin to blush ever-so-faintly, shift her weight just a little... he knew those signs as well as anyone. Alas. Well, there was no helping that. "I should hope they mentioned me being likely to be in charge," he says lightly, "Since I was when I left. Really, leadership with a group like this is different than with most groups- them I'd have to lead, while a group like this is more... herding, let's say? Plenty of eagerness and enthusiasm for a fight, especially when there's food to be fought, it just falls to me to make sure things mostly go in the direction they ought. Besides," he says, his eyes twinkling, "Unaccountably, most men seem to be driven away from a group of strong, powerful women like this, and the powers that be in the Boars are uneasy with an all-female group. Me, I'm plenty happy with it, and so-" He shrugs, taking a drink of his watered wine when it comes.<br/><br/>"I believe you've heard enough of me," he adds. "Johan Mahina, not that the family name matters much this far from home. Sword for hire and- well, mostly just that when I'm on duty, and I technically still am until I find out what the next job is." He grins. "I see you and Sasara know each other already? Excellent. Sasara," he says, "Please don't scare the waitress, I'd like a timely refill of my wine when I'm done, dear." To take a bit of the sting out of the chiding, he reaches down, picking up the very tailtip of the naga and hauling it onto his lap- stroking the fine scales there with one hand absently while continuing to talk. "Anyway, I can hardly blame anyone for not wanting to put on a Sasara-shaped bodysuit. And I'd picked up on the part about men already-" he shrugs. "Personally, I'd be just as happy to see that foxy bouncer naked in my bed as- say- you, Sasara, but I understand how few people have as... expansive an idea of beauty as I do." That was, he figured, about the politest and most positive way to put 'would happily sleep with anything that moves and is willing' as he could. Nor was he particularly keeping his voice down.<br/><br/>As Alura talks, he frowns. "That is true. We were supposed to meet a lapine," Johan says. "Plans change, though, and I do know Lea. How often do we ever get timely updates on our job? Often our bosses just expect us to muddle through without near enough information. Just look what happened to us today," he points out. "All in all, I'll keep an eye out for a rabbit at least until we leave, but if none of those shows up when they ought and Lea has our assignment for us- well." He makes brushing motions with his hands. Watching Alura 'upgrade' their contact with ersatz rabbit ears, he laughs. "Good approach to problem solving! I'm pleased to hear Naji's rear ranks so relatively highly, and I'm sure she is too," he continues. "I'll have to keep in mind that mermaids are disqualified for lack of butt if we end up sailing in the meantime, though, the poor things. I am eager to keep hearing about where future butts rate on the list." He sips his wine again, letting the banter play out in its own time.<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">The one time I play a male character... XD</div></div></div>