[ When he moves forward, Fio automatically bunny hops backwards onto the safe tile. It would have been—an extremely dangerous move if Shadow didn't keep an eye on the safety of the panels. As much as she's trying her best to be aware of their surroundings, her concentration is split in multiple areas: the colored squares, her own steps and her dance partner's feet. The cheering of the crowd.

And now her attempt at pronouncing a new vocabulary word... ]

Tran-zak-shual. Tran-zak-shul- shuh- [ A pause as she attempts to slowly sound the whole word out. Almost there. Grinning, a little too delighted over learning a new term. ] Nuhl. [ And it still sounds horrible. Now she just needs to use it properly in a sentence, and practice how to say the word fluidly without the strange pauses in the between. ]

So it means we're helping each other out! That's what friends do. You teach me a new word and I... teach you a ballet step! Would that be... um, tran-zak-shuh-... nuhl?