[He doesn't look at her as she works through it, listening to her breathing enough to keep tabs on how she's doing but letting his gaze stay out on the water, watching what looks like a fish that keeps just skimming the surface. He knows feeling studied absolutely doesn't help, and so does his best to avoid that.
It's a relief that she does seem to be calming on her own though; that's something so much easier to achieve in thought than in practice. But he expects her to kind of gloss over the moment, rather than ask a question, and so it catches him briefly off guard and he has to decide how truthful to be.
But they're sharing right now, and she surely feels embarrassed at the moment, which would not be helped by being brushed off. So, after a moment, he sighs quietly and gives a small shrug.]
Not in itself, really. It's just an easy song to play.
[But although that's true, it's not really the story, and so he continues.]
I used to be pretty good at singing, at home, but um... At the same time I broke my leg I had some other injuries too, and I was kind of afraid my voice would be messed up.
[He's glossing over so much, because he doesn't want to talk about details, but he's aware it's probably very easy to put together. That's okay, as long as he doesn't have to get more into it.]
My friend finally convinced me to give singing a try again, and that's the song we were practicing with, since it didn't take too much concentration to play at the same time.
[And, because it's the obvious question--]
I was not exactly as good as I used to be, but not horrible either, and I got to spend some time with my friend so... Overall a positive memory.
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Date: 2021-03-13 06:03 am (UTC)It's a relief that she does seem to be calming on her own though; that's something so much easier to achieve in thought than in practice. But he expects her to kind of gloss over the moment, rather than ask a question, and so it catches him briefly off guard and he has to decide how truthful to be.
But they're sharing right now, and she surely feels embarrassed at the moment, which would not be helped by being brushed off. So, after a moment, he sighs quietly and gives a small shrug.]
Not in itself, really. It's just an easy song to play.
[But although that's true, it's not really the story, and so he continues.]
I used to be pretty good at singing, at home, but um... At the same time I broke my leg I had some other injuries too, and I was kind of afraid my voice would be messed up.
[He's glossing over so much, because he doesn't want to talk about details, but he's aware it's probably very easy to put together. That's okay, as long as he doesn't have to get more into it.]
My friend finally convinced me to give singing a try again, and that's the song we were practicing with, since it didn't take too much concentration to play at the same time.
[And, because it's the obvious question--]
I was not exactly as good as I used to be, but not horrible either, and I got to spend some time with my friend so... Overall a positive memory.
[And so a positive association with the song.]