The pas de deux turns into a fight: sword in hand, you’re quick on your feet, ready to anticipate the blows.
Your balance is off and you lose ground, the Captain takes advantage of it and gains it on you. Your opposite efforts shape a choreography: yes, no; pull, push.
Your energies fade away and the Captain is about to win. But, when everything seems lost, and win looks as far as Neverland, you breathe hard and don’t give up. You hold your sword up and resume the fight, light on your toes as if you were ready to fly any minute now.
Keep on dreaming.