Lovely place you have here!

His tail was swishing back and forth to the rhythm as she played. When they began talking together his green eyes would dance over the keys and back to the strings inside.

"A piano..." He repeated with awe. Wait till he tells Vesper! Or even Maki if he runs into her again. When she mentioned her name and parents his gaze was brought up to hers and he gave her a respectful dip of his head. Yup! That confirmed it, cousins.

He was then slightly taken aback as she gestured for him to join her on the bench. His look of incredulous almost shock crossed his features. He had fought bears and tigers without as much as a blink, but suddenly sitting next to his cousin and plunking on an ancient musical artifact had him balking.

"Really?" He asked and nervously sat down. Maybe he should try some of his own concoction he had given Bas before the ceremony. His trained surgeon's paws found one of the keys and gently pushed it down. But it didn't make a sound. He glanced at her worried if he broke it already.

"Speech"