"Right." She is so tempted to add her usual I hope. at the end, but swallows it down instead.

Her stretching has her muscles feeling loose and more relaxed, enough that she's just now able to notice something missing. That's the best way she sees it since April's not exactly frequenting ballet studios.

"Is there music you use for this, or am I mixing ballet with something else?"

With the Nutcracker being her sole reference, well...