" You would've done the same for me, i'm sure." Was the most dismissive answer Hal could give right now. Sitting down next to Kat he kept his hands to himself. It was obvious to see that he felt awkward and confused in this situation, which betrayed he had encountered such a moment before. For the longest time they sat there in silence, Hal not daring to break the moment, not want to loose the feeling, not wanting to ask what he couldn't. She looked so much like her, but acted so differently from her, it was a mass of confusion that just made his head spin more.
" Where did you learn to dance like that?" In his confusion Hal thought for a moment he was in another life, ages back it seemed. Just before the end of the night they had snuck out into the gardens and had the last dance of the ball. It would've been a scandle if people had found out about them. Just dancing alone.
And the next blink of his eyes he was back in the here and now. " I learned it from my mom, she would have loved a daughter."