[ He didn't really know anything about ... old-fashioned dancing, as he'd like to think of it. Just what he saw in movies. So he picutred people in large ballgowns doing fancy turns with weird hand motions. He nodded. ]

Yeah, I bet.

[ Looks at her, a little surprised. Not at her offer of dancing - he kind of expected it. But at her flustered delivery. Usually Belle was so calm and put-together.

He shook his head, tried to be reassuring. ]

Don't worry 'bout it, I know you wouldn't mean to make do nothin I don't want.

I can't say I'm not curious. But I think the party would need to be a lot fancier, and. That probably ain't really my kinda thing.

[ ... but wasn't a party already not really Shinjiro's thing? ]