[CLAUDIA IS TALL ACTUALLY, SO EFF YOU. And she's fourteen...

She beams when he returns her smile, glad to see he's as friendly off-the-arena as he is in.]

I am, yes! I've been waiting all night for my turn to dance with you, you know. [She gives him one delicate shrug of her shoulder, hands slipping down to his wrists to grip at them.] I hope you're not too tired to indulge me for a little while!