Pepper listens with interest, finding that she actually does better at the dance when she isn't paying complete attention to her feet. She tends to learn better by doing.

"So Anton is older than all of you? Huh." Thinking Solomon and the others to be centuries old was rather difficult, since they definitely didn't look it. Even Skulduggery didn't seem that old, although he kind of gets away with being ageless forever, now that he's got no soft bits to age. "And China's from a noble family. That explains something."

It's not said very kindly. Pepper glances around the dance area for a moment, but doesn't immediately spot the woman. Rue on the other hand... he's quite hard to miss.

"And yet you've seen or done enough to know the difference, Lord Solomon," she says impishly, raising an eyebrow. "It's like rock and roll in the sixties all over again. Except, you know, before."