Ianto takes a few more moments to breathe and steady himself against the other man before he pushes himself to stand up straight and consider it. Does he want to keep practicing or try again tomorrow? Is that a trick question?

"I..." he hedges, stuck between wanting to be brave and show the other man that he can do better than this, and wanting to just keep his feet on solid ground feeling safe and steady. He supposes that he'd felt pretty safe in John's arms right up until the part where John had let him go too, really. "How's your arm holding up?" he asks, which is as good an avoidance of answering the question if ever he's seen one. (But technically still on topic.)