"What?" Rationalize the enjoyment? He hadn't felt the sort of enjoyment that had to be rationalized away, had he?

Had he?

He had. He definitely had.

"That won't be necessary." If Gaheris offered a way to rationalize it away that would be admitting that there was a thing that needed rationalizing. But then, this whole conversation had already pretty much done that.

"I had fun dancing. There's nothing wrong with that."