[ There's a small snicker from him over confirmation she'd also done her fair share of suffering with those lessons. Something universal, it seems, though who was doing the insisting differed. ]
Mine was my grandfather since he wanted to make sure I would represent our house fully, or something like it. Fodlan's very particular about balls and parties so it made sense in some ways even if I spent more of said balls and parties looking for ways to escape them. But either way, consider me at your service to occupy you.
[ One more cheeky grin before he recognizes the bow given by the leader of the dance and just as easily supplies its matching one before taking Caitlyn's offered hand. It only takes a couple of steps before Claude picks up on the dance being taught, something else he's pleased to find is the same despite everything, and quickly falls into following her lead in the waltz as it progresses. ]
If you also had the misfortune of the lessons, does that mean there were all kinds of parties you were expected to attend?
[ Of course, he's not going to be serious for long - not with a chance to compare that part of their backgrounds with others likely yet to come depending on how she answers that. There's always the chance he's getting ahead of himself since perhaps lessons at the request ("request") of a relative isn't as meaningful as he's assuming. ]
If so, and if it helps for trading off on the lessons so you know a little bit more of what you're in for, those dances I learned as a kid are far less severe than the ballroom basics. I'd describe them more as... celebratory, in all senses of the term.
that's valid because i also did this tbh
Mine was my grandfather since he wanted to make sure I would represent our house fully, or something like it. Fodlan's very particular about balls and parties so it made sense in some ways even if I spent more of said balls and parties looking for ways to escape them. But either way, consider me at your service to occupy you.
[ One more cheeky grin before he recognizes the bow given by the leader of the dance and just as easily supplies its matching one before taking Caitlyn's offered hand. It only takes a couple of steps before Claude picks up on the dance being taught, something else he's pleased to find is the same despite everything, and quickly falls into following her lead in the waltz as it progresses. ]
If you also had the misfortune of the lessons, does that mean there were all kinds of parties you were expected to attend?
[ Of course, he's not going to be serious for long - not with a chance to compare that part of their backgrounds with others likely yet to come depending on how she answers that. There's always the chance he's getting ahead of himself since perhaps lessons at the request ("request") of a relative isn't as meaningful as he's assuming. ]
If so, and if it helps for trading off on the lessons so you know a little bit more of what you're in for, those dances I learned as a kid are far less severe than the ballroom basics. I'd describe them more as... celebratory, in all senses of the term.