[He shakes his head, a small tight motion, smiles a brittle kind of smile.]
I've just had enough dancing for now.
[Because he can't say she said something wrong, not exactly. Not when it's exactly the kind of thing he's always wanted to hear and to have, for someone to see him as something other than unforgivably flawed. But all of this-- it isn't for the likes of him, shouldn't be.
(Whatever would Mother say?)
And so he takes another step back. Drops her hand. Repeats himself.]
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I've just had enough dancing for now.
[Because he can't say she said something wrong, not exactly. Not when it's exactly the kind of thing he's always wanted to hear and to have, for someone to see him as something other than unforgivably flawed. But all of this-- it isn't for the likes of him, shouldn't be.
(Whatever would Mother say?)
And so he takes another step back. Drops her hand. Repeats himself.]
I need to take some air.