[Albel blinks a few times, caught off guard, but he at least takes her hand.]
... Sheena, I don't know how to dance...
[It was probably expected of the noble families, but anything Albel was taught as a child was often ignored in favor of war games. Now he'd forgotten almost everything "courtly."]
[ Sheena squeezes his hand gently and shakes her head before leaning up to whisper to him. ]
Yes, you do. You just don't know you do. [ She pulls back for a moment and smiles. ] I've seen you fight, remember? If you can move gracefully on a battlefield, you can do so here.
[Albel blinked uncertainly, his eyes going from her to his feet to the floor, then back again.]
It's a little different...
[Dancing wasn't exactly like trying to kill someone with precision and efficiency. He'd had various tutors when he was younger for such courtly things, but he hadn't ever really taken it seriously. He'd always had military goals. Now he had to try to remember all of that "fluff."]
[ One look in her eyes would show she was being serious. There was grace on the battlefield as well as in dance. She honestly believed that Albel was graceful in both.
And if he thought about it, there was a degree of precision and efficiency in dance; he just had to find it. With Sheena helping, of course.
Smiling, she squeezed his hand and placed his other one where it should go on her waist before placing hers on his shoulder. ]
That's all I'm asking. I think you just may be surprised.
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Coming up to Albel, she holds a hand out. ]
Dance with me...
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[Albel blinks a few times, caught off guard, but he at least takes her hand.]
... Sheena, I don't know how to dance...
[It was probably expected of the noble families, but anything Albel was taught as a child was often ignored in favor of war games. Now he'd forgotten almost everything "courtly."]
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Yes, you do. You just don't know you do. [ She pulls back for a moment and smiles. ] I've seen you fight, remember? If you can move gracefully on a battlefield, you can do so here.
[ She has faith in you, Albel. ]
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It's a little different...
[Dancing wasn't exactly like trying to kill someone with precision and efficiency. He'd had various tutors when he was younger for such courtly things, but he hadn't ever really taken it seriously. He'd always had military goals. Now he had to try to remember all of that "fluff."]
I guess I can try.
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[ One look in her eyes would show she was being serious. There was grace on the battlefield as well as in dance. She honestly believed that Albel was graceful in both.
And if he thought about it, there was a degree of precision and efficiency in dance; he just had to find it. With Sheena helping, of course.
Smiling, she squeezed his hand and placed his other one where it should go on her waist before placing hers on his shoulder. ]
That's all I'm asking. I think you just may be surprised.