"Lohengrin," he winces, but it's probably too quick to catch. He'd hated that routine, hated the costume, but he'd been too shy to stand up for what he'd really wanted and it wasn't as though he skated any better when it was something he cared about. That was definitely a low point for him, mechanically going through the jumps. It had been a pretty high scoring routine, though, and he actually does know what Minami means by "bright" when he skated it. It was... sharper than he normally would have skated.

"I'm... surprised that that would have been an inspiration to anyone. But um. I'm glad that it was," he's known for being a standoffish skater, someone who doesn't talk a lot to anyone. But he's also never had anyone just... barrel through all of that and not take his silences and reticence for an answer and so he's not sure what to do with Minami.

Most people would have picked up that they were annoying him by now or that he wanted to be alone, and left.

Minami is not annoying him. He doesn't want to be alone. He just doesn't know how to ask for anyone to stay.