[ she's an annoying little girl, the way he scowls as she tells him to hop a certain direction. shadow doesn't waste any time, between her gentle attempt at moving around, his body has been trained to treat everything like a battle. he moves without the grace of a bunny, instead he quickly steps to the side when she hits the ground. ]

Transactional.

[ he repeats, more focused on the girl's very horrible pronunciation of the word. while he should be focusing on the dance, going with the flow with the cheering of the crowd who are excited to see them either fall or worse; it really isn't shadow's concern. ]

Tran-zak-shuh-nuhl.

[ the worst part is that she doesn't even know what it means which makes it that she can continue asking of things from him. with a sigh, he takes a step forward, physically for her to move backwards because the tile behind is darker and less susceptible to disappearing after a few steps. ]

It means when you give me something, I give something back in return. That's what we're doing.

[ like how he's making sure that the surrounding panels are safe to be on no matter where she hops to. ]