Lucio smiled warmly at the praised and he clasped his hands lightly over his chest as he gazed up into Ansel's eyes. At the mention of this particular artist the young man's face lit up just a bit and he nodded, "I wasn't aware that anybody didn't know Jeff Buckley," he said lightheartedly with a haphazard shrug of his shoulders.<br/><br/><div style="text-align: center"><i>I lost myself on a cool damp night<br/>
I gave myself in that misty light<br/>
Was hypnotized by a strange delight<br/>
Under a lilac tree</i>​</div><br/>The young man sang softly, reaching up to grip his own shoulders as he did. "One of my favorite songs," he added softly. His voice was, in no way, as heady as Buckley's was but in a strange way it suited the slow, haunting song. He lifted his gaze back up onto Ansel's as he spoke again, having moved it away as the professor began to look about the room.<br/><br/>Lucio smiled faintly and shook his head, "I invited my mother and siblings as well, but I'm not entirely sure where they are . . . My mother showed up, I know that much, but I'm not entirely sure—" He was interrupted just than by said mother.<br/><br/>"Lucio Xavier Bane, you were fantastic!" A woman cried, hurrying up behind him and embracing him excitedly. Lucio couldn't help himself, he flushed bright red at the incredibly loud, rather obnoxious display of affection.<br/><br/>"Thank you, mum," he muttered a bit bashfully, though he still wiggled around in her arms to embrace her in kind, pressing a kiss to her cheek.<br/><br/>The pair turned back around to face Ansel once they'd finished embracing at his mother smiled brightly at the man. She was a beautiful woman, it was fairly clear that a lot of Lucio's features came from her. She was middle aged at this stage (in fact, she only had a few years on Ansel at the age of forty-three) and so her features had begun to relax slightly, and wrinkles had taken hold of some of her face. Despite the slightly weathered look to her skin, however, she maintained a sort of elegant beauty alongside her extremely sharp, angular facial structure. She had long, dark hair that was peppered with a few strands of silver, and her eyes were sharp and stormy gray in color. She had what seemed to be a permanent smile plastered onto her shapely lips, and her body type was long and lean, just like her sons. She surpassed Lucio in height, however, by a good few inches.<br/><br/>"So, my darling, are you going to finally introduce me to a boyfriend?" she queried as she looked Ansel up and down curiously.<br/><br/>The question prompted a soft laugh from Lucio and he shook his head, "No, mum, this man is one of my professors, Doctor Ansel von Essen. Doctor Essen, this is my mother, Doctor Marie Bane," he introduced softly as he stepped back to allow the pair of them to greet each other.<br/><br/>Marie stepped forward and reached out a hand to grip one of Ansel's politely. "Always a pleasure to meet a fellow doctor," she commented lightheartedly as she gripped his hand. "I take it my son is performing well in your class if you've taken liking to him enough to come see him on stage?"