Still chuckling, he falls in with the crowd, smiling broadly at the lady who was next to them. "I've never participated in a mirror dance before," he tells her, his careful formal accent back in action. "Not bad for a little exercise!"

She gives a light little laugh of her own. "You and the Dowager Countess were a little more...energetic than some people manage." She pats his arm lightly. "It wasn't a Barrayaran dance, was it? I hadn't seen it before."