The dark floorboards creaked as the girl lifted onto her toes with the pale pink silk shoes. She edges were hard as a box, making a quiet banging sound on the flooring as she went up. She quickly shifted the weight from toe to toe, and as she did so she turned, her hands flowing around her naturally. She then lifted a leg and shifted all her weight to her right leg, into what the Ithanian call an "arabesqúe".
