Hannah looks around, trying to imagine what it would be like to be seeing all this for the first time. It's loud. And the mirrorball could potentially be rather dizzying, she suspects. It's really loud. Given Derek Greggory's dance floor impersonation of a dying fish, at least some of her schoolmates have not waited to get to the dance to start on the night's liquid refreshments. Really, very loud. And Robyn Ellis and Kyle Morton are busy bringing new meaning to the phrase get a room. Oh, and it's loud.

"Well," she says finally, "it's how is usually is."

Supposed is such a judgement-laden term.

"Are you okay?"