Is that not what your costume is? [janus settles their eyes on the other man's face, their own stare funnily frank, a bit rueful.] I have not attended many Halloween gatherings, so if I made the wrong guess, I am sorry. I will not narrate out loud all my other guesses, because they will probably also be wrong. [this is an uncharacteristic dip into gratuitous self-pity, really. other times, janus is rather defensive and secretive about being bad at anything.]

I'm actually. Actually, [they inhale and exhale, smelling a bit boozy,] dancing with the first person I tried to get to dance with me. I'm considering it quite a victory, and that's-- either deprecating only to me, or deprecating only to me. So don't try to— [self-deprecate, they mean. but they lose track of that train of thought, because there's a track switching lever that's pulled when they think about what if they're imposing on juno a lot, or he's making fun of them in a sharp way. terrible scenarios. life is full of terrible scenarios.]

Am I stealing you from someone else.