"Her eyes really lit up when she danced."
Remembering those bright, pure eyes, the girl lost herself in thought.
It took her a while to come back to her senses.
Then she realized what she had done.
An embarrassed smile appeared on her face. "Sorry, Master Xiao."
"I think I've gone on too many tangents."
Even after saying that, she couldn't help adding one more thing that was slightly off topic.
Though maybe it wasn't really off topic...
"Qiu Shui Yi Ren is a dancer, but to me, she has even more of an artist's..."
"Wild, yet pure, temperament."
"Although she doesn't seem to have any particularly close friends."
"All her energy goes into dancing."
"But everyone who knows her really admires her."
"She's special."
"Really special."
The girl emphasized it again.
"But I don't know if it's because she loves dancing so much... because she's so focused on it..."
"When I said earlier that she had an artist's wild temperament, I was just speaking metaphorically."
"I didn't mean that she really..."
"Before their work becomes known, many famous artists aren't understood by others."
"The world they see is different from the one ordinary people see."
"Could Qiu Shui Yi Ren be like that too..."
"She's not... it's just..."
"But..."
The girl was rambling, her words trailing into a muddle.
"Little Deer."
Xiao Xiao called to her softly.
"Huh?"
The girl answered instinctively.
Then she realized.
She took a deep breath and gave a self-deprecating smile. "Oh, Master Xiao, I'm so sorry."
"I can't even explain myself properly."
"I have plenty of time."
Xiao Xiao's voice was calm and gentle. "You can take your time."
"Okay."
The girl on the other end of the phone smiled, her eyes curving.
"I think I was a little frightened by the way Qiu