“Why did you show me that?” I ask him, my gaze half-on the dancers still. “Are you trying to like, er, woo me, or something?” He pauses. “If you’re asking whether I brought you up here in order to seduce you, the answer is no.” His phrasing is strange, and I know there’s something else he’s not saying. “But?” I prompt. “I am not entirely adverse to the suggestion of seduction in principle.”
