Yuki was pretty good at listening.  To be honest, he considered it a game of sorts even when the music was bad, but Kotone was far past playing badly.  The harder it was to listen past the music, the harder the game was.  However, with her, he could almost let his guard drop, almost, as he enjoyed how her fingers tickled the strings.  How could anyone not, when she was doing it for entertainment purposes rather than the power she could muster.<br/><br/>He had seen both, and he was rarely disappointed in her.<br/><br/>He smiled and clapped softly. "Beautiful as always.  The tune is fitting for this land; quiet and resolute, but hiding an undercurrent of danger...and beautiful, like yourself."<br/><br/>The delivery couldn't have been more stilted if he had planned it.  Even if he had reservations about getting involved with his teammates, he was a young man and they were young ladies...