He descends a bit more slowly - landing lightly is usually something he leaves to other people, and the Captain does enough acrobatics for all of them.

"I think we're a bit beyond that, don't you?" He asks, trying (and mostly succeeding) to not sound too hopeful. "I'd find it very hard to be casual."

After all, he does find her capturing his attention at the oddest times, even when he's not in the bar at all.