[Claudia doesn't generally make a habit of asking girls to dance, especially since she's only on campus for work, but... Tara's noticeable shyness, as well as awkwardness, were what drew Claudia to her in the first place. Plus, she has some time to spare, it's not as if the artifact she's here looking for is causing too much chaos.

That blurted joke? Yeah, that's almost too close to home, so she ends up laughing at it if only because of the irony.] You know, I always try to keep that in mind when choosing an outfit. Though there are some heels that could probably make pretty decent weapons in that situation, if I didn't have any others on me. [...In fact she has her mini-Tesla, but it's rather small and lodged safely in her pocket, so. No worries?]