"Oh love," Jack said softly, and for a moment he couldn't see the dancers at all.

He swallowed the sympathy. It was too close to pity.

"I did," he said, in a more normal tone. "Which was good, since otherwise I was just sitting around a room with not enough to eat. The terror kept my mind off it, you see. Oh, and there was one charming room that took us into our memories."