"Don't need a ballroom to dance." No, that's not going to help and he knows better than to take that track. Convincing her right here would be fine is NOT going to help.

The rest though, draws a grunt. "You're a kid. Kids aren't supposed to have uses or anything." And she might only be six or seven years younger than him! "But if you don't want to wait around and be rescued, you can always rescue yourself."