"You're too kind."

He's terribly earnest, and when she moves, he takes a half-step back, giving her space.

"Do you ever sing for an audience?"

"I've done... recitals? And school plays. I guess I could do concerts here if people wanted it enough that it would be better than spending that time studying?"

"They'd be fools not to." He's so confident it almost makes the claim sound reasonable. "Besides, you have to practice, you might as well charge admission -- do you have somewhere with good acoustics?"

"Not especially?"

"Let me find you somewhere," he begs. "I can put together a group to look -- it wouldn't be safe to go wandering around alone, especially not making lots of noise..."

"I guess it's worth a try?"

“We could probably just, like, put together a good space, Julia was saying things about a party where you could sing and I bet we have people with acousticy spells and stuff.”

"Acoustic spells won't last and she should be able to sing whenever the muse visits her."

"I mean, I can sing in places that don't have good acoustics, it would just be for concerts."

It takes a couple of beats before he manages "...I suppose you can," rather as if she'd announced she could put out her eyes with a rusty poker and get about with a white cane.

“You could maybe learn an acoustic spell and then do it whenever! - I dunno how hard acoustic spells are but they’re probably, like, pretty easy.”

"The good ones are not and there is a difference. ... you might not be able to tell."

"I guess I can ask the void for one but I'd skip it if nobody was going to pay me back the mana and I was just singing for fun."

“I could totally tell the difference! I did choir and stuff!”

"I'd cast it for you -- as often as I could, at least -- if I could listen."

"That's very nice of you? I'm good but I don't know if I'm that good..."

"It's good practice for me anyway. And I could use the space too -- and I miss music."

"Aw... I think doing concerts is a good idea, maybe Vanya would come too..."

"One of the Parisian sophomores has a breath affinity and uses it for woodwinds!"

"Oh, cool! I want to meet more music people for sure."

"I want to go into music but I couldn't bring in any instrument that counts so I can't really make any yet."

"Vanya has a guitar!"

"--I don't know if I have anything worth trading for time on a guitar but if I do then I'd love to -- would it be too much to ask you to introduce us? I'd be happy to introduce you to some Parisians in return!"

"I can probably find him!"

He feels like he’s lost the plot, here, the tiny Parisian dude went into the bathroom because of reasons and that’s why there was screaming and now they’re... friends... with him, or something, and introducing him to people? Is he going to have to learn to play a musical instrument. Are they about to start a punk rock band with this tiny Parisian dude and the super depressed guy. Is there going to be a love quadrangle. Did he zone out during an establishing friendship moment, he definitely zoned out during an establishing friendship moment, ugh.

”I should, like, meet Vanya anyways, he sounds cool.”