*listens carefully to her teacher's instructions throughout rehearsal, making changes to her form and position with close concentration given to every jeté and arabesque, rarely needing to be told twice*
*doesn't break character until the very end of the allotted time, when the dancers are dismissed*
*collects her gear and says a cheery goodbye to her classmates, making many promises, as she always does, to sleep over at this girl's house some weekend, or to go to the movies with those girls for so-and-so's birthday (promises she has no intention of keeping)*
*walks slowly up the center aisle, pulling out her phone to find a text from her nanny (can Miss Arakáno take you home?)* *sighs and busies herself looking for the number of a local cab company*