"Easy to overlook looking like that? Absolutely not." Jesper is as free with compliments as he is with smiles. At 6'3 and lean as can be, he can strike quite a poise, but his best friend Inej is tiny so he's used to slouching and being less of a beanpole.

He salutes her back with his own glass. Jesper is an expert at body language reading so he can tell the dress isn't quite her comfort level, but she does look great in it. "You'll learn to appreciate these types of things. For every crazy thing that happens, we get a party here and there. Wait until you get to go to a Horizon party at Julie's. She goes all out for her Earth holidays."