Ray moved to a nearby bench and sat down, crossing his long legs at the ankle. He rubbed his hand over his face before starting to tell her the basic history, how he'd always been interested in dance, but hadn't pursued it because it was considered a woman's sport. He'd finally realised he was lying to himself, and bought videos by which he taught himself the Samba, among other traditional dances.
"In short, then, I've been actively dancing for about the last fifteen or twenty years. Not terribly long, in the grand scheme of things, of course, but long enough."