You were notoriously hard to work with, for you were picky about your partners, and incredibly precious on your performance.

Tim Drake, a figure skater who'd won a lot of, but not as many as you, awards, and he wanted to take on the challenge.

Here you stood on the ice opposite each other, as if daring the other to move. He spoke first. "It's a wonder you even decided to give me a try-out session."