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The elf shook her head at Solsi's words, "No, I don't think it had anything to do with what you said. I-I'm sure he had his reasons, Nef is a complex being." Her head then nods in a sage fashion, though that might not be any grand and revealing statement.
A blush slides across her cheeks hearing the compliment and she can't help a smile and wiggle of delight. "O-oh, thank you~ Ribbons are kind of a thing for me." Which then reminds her of the pocket square she had been given and has since just been holding as best she can between her fingers. Without much thought to her actions, she continues to speak and works the piece into the bow in her hair as an accent. "I would probably have put on more, but it may have looked less formal."
Gigi bobs her head at Solsi and calls after her retreating form in a sing song fashion,"Okay, but you're next~" Her attention then turns to Jessie and finding someone also shy makes her want to be the one to put them more at ease. "No worries, we're just going to try and have fun." She placed her hands over Jessie's to take hold of them and offer comfort. "We can just sort of sway to the beat if you like."
Her blush had mostly gone now as she lead the other girl out on the floor. Taking Jessie's right hand in her left, she put Jessie's left hand on her shoulder. She then gave the girl a small smile and spoke,"I-I'm going to be the lead, if that's okay. And if my hand on your waist bothers you, j-just say." With that, the elf placed her right hand on Jessie's waist and lead her in mostly a comfortable back and forth sort of sway. The spot she picked was sort of off to one side and not too crowed so as not to be in the way of any who might have been up for some fancier foot work. "I-is this okay?"

Cid bit on her lip slightly, not sure how to speak of him without coming across as seeming degrading of him, "My...my father. He doesn't like having reminders of my mother. She was, is, a dancer in a traveling troupe. So when ever I was caught trying to be like her...he would become...very upset."

"I believe the ceiling is, why do you ask?" He looks back at her, head tilting slightly in question. He either didn't realize what he was doing or didn't think it was odd to do.

"Ah, nothing, never mind," she replied. In all honesty she was likely doing the same thing all night, so who was she to judge. She glanced around at all the people dancing and talking. "You know, I think this is the longest I've seen a ball go on Gaia without some sort of trouble showing up. Think the bad guys missed the memo?"

Minty flicked her fingers, operating an imaginary abacus. She frowned, and then sighed.

"For you, yes, I think so. For me? Sadly not. I seem to have undershot my target by about a decade." She shrugged, putting the sextant back wherever the heck it came from, "Story of my life though. I couldn't get the stars to align for me if I put them there myself."

"Is that so?" he mused, stepping further out onto the balcony and looking upward. "With the number of stars in the sky, more often than not there is at least one group aligned at any given time..." In fact, there was a set aligned that he knew of this night. Though thankfully they seemed to be behaving themselves. He looked back at her, "Which alignment interests you, if you don't mind my asking?"

Cid shivered slightly at the sudden chill, a questioning look on her face as she turned her head back to where Phantom's voice was coming from. Something...seemed to upset her? "I will...but...is something the matter Lady Phantom?"