After all, he's so used to getting all banged up that this much is nothing to him. A fall to the ground is more embarrassing than necessarily something that hurts, even if he didn't exactly have an incredibly gentle fall - though the upside is that it wasn't exactly a very hard fall either.
So when Inigo groans, it's not really in pain (his body mostly aches a little, but he knows that's going to fade real soon) as much as it's in embarrassment, lifting himself up enough to at least sit, rather than lay there all sprawled out and be in the way of everyone else dancing.
"'m fine." Just a bruised ego, he thinks, as he raises a hand to ruffle some dirt out of his hair. ".. just wasn't prepared for that."
Please don't take that as him being prepared for it now, because he still isn't. He might need five weeks or so to prepare for just one occasion of dancing in such a big group of people, try again after giving him that much time in advance.
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After all, he's so used to getting all banged up that this much is nothing to him. A fall to the ground is more embarrassing than necessarily something that hurts, even if he didn't exactly have an incredibly gentle fall - though the upside is that it wasn't exactly a very hard fall either.
So when Inigo groans, it's not really in pain (his body mostly aches a little, but he knows that's going to fade real soon) as much as it's in embarrassment, lifting himself up enough to at least sit, rather than lay there all sprawled out and be in the way of everyone else dancing.
"'m fine." Just a bruised ego, he thinks, as he raises a hand to ruffle some dirt out of his hair. ".. just wasn't prepared for that."
Please don't take that as him being prepared for it now, because he still isn't. He might need five weeks or so to prepare for just one occasion of dancing in such a big group of people, try again after giving him that much time in advance.