"It's more fun to get up and dance," Avery said, "instead of standing against walls and brooding."

Which is, from her experience, what Julien used to do when he was Ace. Though he did dance at the Spade Ball. It was curious, really, that he'd bothered to come at all now.

"It was my pleasure," she said, and glanced around. "And I suppose I should make the rounds, since I'm representing the Diamond Faces." She'd expected at least one of the others...but she appeared to be it for now, at least.