It's all a grand metaphor, if the tales are to be believed. I can't say I'm well-versed in the matter once way or another, one does not become a scholar from attending a single party.

[ He sure talked like he knew everything though, wow Dorian. Shijima is officially the strangest kid he's met. ...well, maybe not as strange as Cole, but. ]

Perhaps. But dancing is a bit more fun than murder, isn't it? Less mess for the servants to clean up after, and I do hate staining my robes.