When I play games that had dialogue choices, I would always opt for something that wouldn't hurt the other character but the kid in front of me needed to learn a thing or two about properly listening to instructions and knowing what's best for him. However, my choice of words also affected the crowd and it was just dead silent from then on.
Everyone was just waiting for him to respond and after he calmed himself and took a deep breath, he stared me dead in the eyes before he answered:
"This is all I have, sir. I can't dance, I can't sing, nor can I do something else other than this… thing that I wanted to do all my life. I'm not even the greatest at what I do but I surround myself with people that do so that I could, you know… like how that saying goes… In any case, this is what I could offer and I hope you give me the chance to accompany the Baron."
I nodded pensively, [I see. Come here.]
"S-Sir?"
[You can't even walk a few steps forward?]
"C-Coming, sir! I was just—"