Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-28517551-20160702011842/@comment-27701762-20160702014315

You need to make sure to press it before it has a chance to get past you, as your heart is not fast enough to catch up to it. Your best bet is to wait for and continually press the action button in anticipation for it. You don't need to worry about dodging the ballet shoes, as they won't actually kill you. You need to make sure your soul is actually touching the ACT prompt as well, but that shouldn't be a problem if you're just mashing the action button. You can't skip any of the soul sequences, though. You'll just have to do that part of the fight again.