For someone who hailed from some far-flung planet, Larry supposed just about any song he could choose would be at least a little confusing. The songs he favored tended to skew toward cliche: Pop culture references and catchy melodies masquerading as depth of meaning. Still, he guessed everything was relative.

Finishing, he settled his hand against the strings to quiet them. "Where I come from, there's a story about a girl who is carried away by a tornado to a magical world," he explained. "There's a tin man who helps her along the way, and all he wants in the world is a heart. They go on a long journey, and have to kill a witch– Anyway, at the end, the wizard in charge gives the tin man an honorary heart. But the point of the story is he didn't really need a real heart, because he had heart all along. You know, like figuratively." He tilted his head in consideration and huffed out a soft laugh. "It's actually kind of a crazy story now I think of it, but I loved it as a kid."