If Argine wouldn't let Eilenn ou the door without wearing something appropriately dignified and an appropriate length, Elani wouldn't have let the little Ace come to a do like this without having spent a good deal of time getting it into her bones. She's hardly as light on her feet as some of the adults, doesn't particularly have any profound natural talent; but there's proper practiced grace in her movement as she follows his lead without so much as a falter.

"--which is-- a pity. You can't get-- time back, right?"