Jim feels the fabric underfoot just as his foot slips. This is going to hurt and look very embarrassing. He starts to go down when the woman's arms hold his weight and draw him back up with a strength and grace Jim should probably be troubled by. Instead his first thought is that she is probably one of several humanoid aliens that could pick him up and throw him through a wall if they really wanted to. A thought that used to excite him and now just makes him intensely grateful he happens to be dancing with someone able to keep him on his apparently clumsy feet.
"Sorry about that--" Jim gives a quick quiet murmur and allows her to lead him back to dancing. He's not sure what happened there.
"Danger and excitement always seem to seek me out. I was a lot quicker to go looking for it before I had four hundred some souls I was in charge of keeping alive. Keeping us safe until the next catastrophe occurs is the responsible thing to do." And if Jim spends his free time seeking that excitement here in the Nexus and worlds that touch it without risking the lives of his crew? All the better.
"Besides, that's what the Nexus is for." He offers a conspiratorial smirk but makes no attempt to wrest the lead of this dance away from the woman. Jim Kirk is alright with following given the right company.
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Jim feels the fabric underfoot just as his foot slips. This is going to hurt and look very embarrassing. He starts to go down when the woman's arms hold his weight and draw him back up with a strength and grace Jim should probably be troubled by. Instead his first thought is that she is probably one of several humanoid aliens that could pick him up and throw him through a wall if they really wanted to. A thought that used to excite him and now just makes him intensely grateful he happens to be dancing with someone able to keep him on his apparently clumsy feet.
"Sorry about that--" Jim gives a quick quiet murmur and allows her to lead him back to dancing. He's not sure what happened there.
"Danger and excitement always seem to seek me out. I was a lot quicker to go looking for it before I had four hundred some souls I was in charge of keeping alive. Keeping us safe until the next catastrophe occurs is the responsible thing to do." And if Jim spends his free time seeking that excitement here in the Nexus and worlds that touch it without risking the lives of his crew? All the better.
"Besides, that's what the Nexus is for." He offers a conspiratorial smirk but makes no attempt to wrest the lead of this dance away from the woman. Jim Kirk is alright with following given the right company.