[ And Hibiki slips back into the lead, instantly filling herself out again into a whole, vibrant, overwhelmingly perfect human being. ] Your dance style is intriguing. Instead of cooperation, competition. Dance as a battle of wills between partners.

[ She has since come to see the merits of cooperating, but there was a time where she would be down on one knee, proposing, by now.

Let them spin. ] The friction by which a jewel is polished.