[ Orpheus laughs a little, in turn. It's hard not to be at least a little cheered up, with Elle's encouragement and surrounded by baby birds as he is. ]

Animals just seem to like it when I play. [ he says. ] When I was little I used to go out in the desert, and all the roadrunners and cactus wrens and lizards would come around to listen. It's good to see I haven't lost my touch, I guess!