The folks who had gotten up to dance to the pirate shanty that Abia had started, finished their jig, laughing raucously. "What a riot that was, eh!?" A man called out quite loudly as he stumbled off the stage with some friends, drunkenly swaying this way and that, passing Ryo as he walked on to sing and play something else. The spirits were high in the room as everybody celebrated the good times they were having. When Ryo spoke from the stage, a few patrons clapped in encouragement, hoping to hear more good tunes as they drank away the troubles of the day.<br/><br/>Abia sat in her corner, finally in control of herself, and listened politely to what the newcomer had to sing for everybody.