It was weird to think that he hadn't ever seen ballet, if only because it was such a huge part of Shannon's life for as long as she could remember. But, she also knew that a lot of men wouldn't have ever given ballet half a second's thought because it was too girly, so she couldn't exactly fault him. When he said it was really pretty, though, she blushed. "Too bad I can't actually dance, then, because that was just a warm up. You'd really like the real thing if you liked that," she replied with a small smile.
"Ballet puts me in the zone, I guess you could say," she admitted. "I get so focused on it that I don't have the capacity to worry about anything else that might be going on at any given time. I haven't done it in a while though..." she said almost a little sadly.
His - Cielo, he said - grin was contagious and Shannon returned it as he shook her hand. "Nice to meet you, too. I think we've talked a bit back and forth. Feels so weird to meet people in person for the first time, especially the ones I feel like I already know because I've written to them so much," she replied, taking her hand back gracefully when the handshake seemed to linger a bit longer than she was entirely comfortable with. "So, Cielo, why are you out in this nasty weather? You know my excuse..." she pointed out.