[Salieri opens his mouth as he steps closer to respond, when he notices the book that Orpheus is reading, and who exactly it's about.
It almost feels, for a moment, like his soul has been thrown out of his body as he stares at the cover, reading the title over and over again, staring at it, almost certain he can hear strains of music, and a mocking, lilting voice over the top (Well, Maestro? Too many notes?)
He ends up, instead of responding, just staring at that book for a good several seconds, his expression going a bit far off, like he's suddenly not entirely there]
cw: disassociation
It almost feels, for a moment, like his soul has been thrown out of his body as he stares at the cover, reading the title over and over again, staring at it, almost certain he can hear strains of music, and a mocking, lilting voice over the top (Well, Maestro? Too many notes?)
He ends up, instead of responding, just staring at that book for a good several seconds, his expression going a bit far off, like he's suddenly not entirely there]