[ Houses and clans. That does sound similar, what with so much importance placed upon the conduct of those representing them. Claude considers this as they go through the dance steps near seamlessly with all that experience helping all around, though the contemplation doesn't last long in favor of smiling at both Caitlyn's imitation and her eye roll to go with it. ]

Now that you mention it, I think I did hear a version of that from my grandfather once upon a time. [ Or several times, but who's counting? Not Claude. ] Something about how suffering through - not that those were his exact words, mind you - all those balls meant opening up all kinds of connections. On that much he wasn't wrong, but it didn't particularly make them any more enjoyable. I always found the thwarting of expectations so much more fun myself.

[ At first, Claude thinks that's a difference more than a commonality, but perhaps his grandfather have felt the same with how he'd taken power only to deliberately subvert everything which came with it. For the better as he always believed it to be before it became a truth after the long path to get there, though that is a little deep to unload on someone in the middle of dance lessons.

And speaking of that. ]

Celebratory it is, then, but only after we've seen this waltz through properly first. I promise I can keep up if you have some other more advanced dance moves to show me so as to not interrupt the lesson before its ending.