<div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a6/Aaron_Davis.jpg)</div>Feeling the arm brushing his own, Nikolai moved his own arm around it, his fingers brushing her arm towards her hand but noticing the slight movement, he caught the hint. Keeping his arm around hers to follow her lead, Nikolai walked along his ears alert for steps coming up close, trying to keep from bumping into people although he trusted in her guidance. It did not mean he should be negligent of his own caution, and so he maintained his attention at their surroundings, until hearing her speak up and introduce herself.<br/><br/>The fact he only now heard her name did make him smile slightly, before he bowed slightly, although not entirely certain he was facing the person they had come to speak with. It was a relatively short bow ahead, enough to be courteous but not enough to risk bumping his head against anything too hard at least. "Astropath Transcendent Nikolai Volkov. It is a pleasure to meet you." He did not specify whether he meant Seda, the navigator they had come to greet, or both. His expression remained a calm smile, his hands rising to push back his hood. His eyes looked rather normal at first, until one might notice they did not follow anything. They were<em>there</em>but yet there was something about them that didn't seem right.<br/><br/>"This 'feast' seems to have drawn its share of attention from the people present, but some of us wander and perchance wonder on thoughts beyond mere titilation of flesh." He smiled at this, before turning his head as if hearing something else abit distant, his eyes narrowing momentarily before he turned to 'look' back at Seda and then ahead of him. "Seeing ..." He started and shook his head briefly. "Well, perhaps not 'seeing as', but 'given that' our allegiance is to the same captain, I came to wonder if there might be a chance to learn more of those we shall be working with during the coming days. I have so far found myself enjoying the conversations more than the other offerings of this feast, and I would dare guess that including your insights to the conversation should prove interesting to both myself and Explorator Seda."<br/><br/>His words were not intentional in tossing about the bit on 'seeing' but he had found it a simple pass of phrase but at the same time he began to wonder if he should consider using such terms with a little more finesse, thus leading to his pause in the middle of his thoughts. He had cast a look towards where the captain was, roughly in the direction at least, when something briefly crossed his mind and had him wonder what it might have been, but deciding to himself it did not bother him enough to pursue answers he had brought his attention back to the present company.<br/><br/>On that note, his arm still remained gently around the Magos' arm at least until she chose to pull free, partially because he half-suspected they might be moving again shortly to a location better suited for conversation in the room, and partially because he rather enjoyed this change of pace, and the proximity of the magos played a large role in that. He was ready to relinquish hold of her arm without a fight if she sought to free herself, but had no rush to do so by his initiative.