"Probably not, then," Larry agreed, still smiling but obviously bemused. "You seem like you like it well enough, though," he pointed out with a lift of his eyebrows. "Enough to ask questions, anyway."

Music had always felt so intrinsic to him, not just natural, but part of nature itself. Humans had been making music since the first caveman could bang two sticks together, and denying that part of him would be like denying his own divinity.