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[serialskiller]

It waits for him to pause before it speaks up, clearly caught up in the story.

"If you always read like this, I'm going to start asking for bedtime stories before I recharge. Or maybe you ought to be reading to Fio. She was sharing story books with me not too long ago, including one about a mouse who dances ballet. She wanted to teach me ballet, too."

[worthallthis]

"I haven't ever read... to someone before," Sarge says, looking kind of shyly pleased, a little bit. "I... don't think I haven't anyway. If I have, I don't remember it." Maybe that's the kind of skill you retain even if you don't know where it came from, like fighting. "It's nice, though. Pleasant."

Maybe even fun, but he's still working out what feels like "fun" exactly.

He gets up and stretches a little, then drifts to the counter for some water, hoping one of the ghosts anticipates his need. "I can keep going if you want. I just need something to drink, I think." He hasn't talked this much... pretty much ever. "Are you going to learn ballet? From Fio?"

[serialskiller]

"I don't think I'm going to be good at ballet." But that phrasing makes its answer clear, a bit of a smile growing on its face despite itself. "It makes her happy, to have someone to teach, though."

It looks up at Sarge. "You could join us for lessons."

[worthallthis]

That sounds... cute. Not just the idea of Rin dancing ballet (he does have a very clear picture of what ballet looks like, in his head; interesting), but the idea of a kid liking to teach, too. Sarge knows that feeling.

He finds himself smiling a little, back, and then collecting both glasses that the ghost delivers. One is clearly for Rin, so he leans down a little and offers it to it. "Sure, if Fio's okay with it. I know there's some kind of dance I know how to do. Maybe it'll be that."