[ The chair can languish in loneliness, then. It does still very strange to be the only one sitting, but she'll do so because who knows how much energy she'll need to exert to get through this party. One must conserve their strength. ]

A dancer must always observe her audience.

[ That sounds more like a fortune cookie than an answer, but-- ]

--That is to say, you've got a very solemn and dignified bearing and I would have noticed that before now. If I don't observe, I can't perform adequately.