Oh no, you lot decided it was meant to be motivating.

[Claude laughs more at the Fodlish ideas than anything Felix is doing. He'll even be a gentleman and not mention the blush, as much as he wants to fluster the hells out of him.]

This sort of thing was always meant to be enticing. Dance well enough and you make more coin- [One hand drops to gesture pointedly at the small hammered coins that ring on both of their belts.] More coin means a larger dowry or, if you're really lucky, catching the Sultan's eye and being allowed into the Imperial Harem.

Bringing magic into it to inspire one's fellow soldiers is certainly one way to interpret that, I guess?