Laughs, surprised. It's a bright sound in the little room and only a little embarrassed. How mortifying—to have one's sullen little decisions called forward and into question. Bastien hadn't known she'd sworn away dancing. It had been relatively easy to pretend as if she hadn't ever been silly enough to swear it off.
(Maybe she ought to have kept to that conviction. What had she looked like down in the Gallows courtyard, leading Bastien around by the hand with the delicate albeit undeniably stiff prosthetic strapped to her other side? A little ridiculous, would be her wager.)
"Were that so, I would estimate this room to be a little small for it. I might teach you in the hall though, I suppose."
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Laughs, surprised. It's a bright sound in the little room and only a little embarrassed. How mortifying—to have one's sullen little decisions called forward and into question. Bastien hadn't known she'd sworn away dancing. It had been relatively easy to pretend as if she hadn't ever been silly enough to swear it off.
(Maybe she ought to have kept to that conviction. What had she looked like down in the Gallows courtyard, leading Bastien around by the hand with the delicate albeit undeniably stiff prosthetic strapped to her other side? A little ridiculous, would be her wager.)
"Were that so, I would estimate this room to be a little small for it. I might teach you in the hall though, I suppose."