Oh. [....] It was my piece from the show this week.
[The one he'd played together with Sissi. He doesn't say so aloud. Peregrine was there too, after all.]
Sure, I can play it again. [It'll always be half a song, without anyone on the zither. But the Balladeer adjusts the guitar again, and starts the song over from the top. Playing is good for putting him in the zone; he doesn't have as much room to focus on how terrible today was, if he's just thinking about the music.]
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[The one he'd played together with Sissi. He doesn't say so aloud. Peregrine was there too, after all.]
Sure, I can play it again. [It'll always be half a song, without anyone on the zither. But the Balladeer adjusts the guitar again, and starts the song over from the top. Playing is good for putting him in the zone; he doesn't have as much room to focus on how terrible today was, if he's just thinking about the music.]