"Perhaps we should have invited them," The sailors. "It would have made for a lively evening —"

If perhaps not a productive one. Plainly a joke.That she doesn't pause over the name is confirmation: Yes, you've got it. Keeping notes does much to aid one's memory, and she's always been at advantage, there. The Inquisition harbors few Rifters who sound so nearly Antivan.

"— But I feared such a misstep in my future, did I not acquire company. Would you believe I've not the faintest notion how to dance?"

Would you believe someone dim enough to ask? Is perhaps the better question, followed shortly by: Where can I look as if I'm occupied?