Their expression goes coy, lashes batting, their fingers continuing to toy with themselves.

"...I can," they say, in such a way to suggest that they're trying to convince themselves they could. But Monty can be stubborn when they want to be, and particular about things when given the right encouragement.

But there's also something...enticing about failure in this charged space between them, something that makes Monty curious about just how far they could be allowed to push the scene.