"Oh, no, not at all, darling. I'm the one who should be sorry for disturbing you. Your song just -"

- reminded me of an old friend, he doesn't say. It's not the song itself that made him think of Shyren so much as the circumstances, the tune drifting quietly through the halls - but he'd rather not talk about Shyren. Shyren wants nothing to do with him any more, and he can't blame her. Most days he still wants nothing to do with himself.

But he changes the subject away from all that with a wave of his hand. "Are you new to the castle?"