Saif had noticed Nimh out of the corner of his eye, but as cute as she was, she wasn't the woman right in front of him and, in his opinion, Starfall had certain qualities that, while precluding the word cute, in his mind, gave her a certain something that would be hard for the dragoness to compete with at the moment.  It wasn't just the way the president had said the word "study" that kept the mummy enraptured, but the way she didn't seem to mind how close they were, how she listened to him (always a plus for the mummy with a tendency to monologue) and the ease with which they'd started dancing together.  It was difficult for Starfall to dance naturally with her tail, but as the song went on, their movements became more fluid, more natural.  As something pulled Starfall to flirt with the mummy, something similar pulled him towards the naga as well and while she caught him off guard with her flirting, Saif found himself shooting back with this gem:<br/><br/>"Mummies don't sleep, you know."  He explained, an odd, mischievous glint in his dark, smoldering eyes, "So as far as partners go, you'll find that I can<em>study</em>all night."<br/><br/>Then, to accent the return to the naga's serve, they did the twirl and, as he lost sight of the dragon, knocked the new girl right onto the ground.  It was a pretty sobering moment and he released Starfall as easily as she turned her attention to Nimh.  Saif moved to make himself useful if needed, but for the moment, it looked like Damon, Starfall and Nimh were handling things just fine.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry."  Saif ventured, "That was my fault.  I should've been looking where I was going, but I..."  He started to trail off, going a bit quiet with the next part, "Was concentrating on something else... distracting."  He said, casting a glance Starfall's direction.