It was totally fine, in Connie's opinion, audience interaction meant audience engagement, which could only benefit a one-on-one storytelling environment like this one.

She nodded. "Just when I'd finished silently berating myself for my social ineptitude, a feral, primordial schriek resonated across the beach, initiating a seismic shift in the accompanying cliffside! A decorative sculpture carved into the mountain broke off and started to plummet straight for me, and I was heroically rescued by Steven diving towards me and encasing us both in a protective magical bubble."