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♪La la laaa, la la la laaa... La la la, la la laaa...♪
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♪La la laaa, la la la laaa... La la la, la la laaa...♪
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Phew. How was that?
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I, uh... Yeah, good.
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Still the same reaction, huh.
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Sorry, me and singing just don't mix very well.
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Though it did make me feel warm inside. Kinda like I was a kid again, with my mom.
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Hey, you do get it! That was a lullaby from a long, long time ago.
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Nowadays nobody remembers the lyrics, though. Or sings it to their children, for that matter.
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A lullaby, huh? I guess that's why it took me back the way it did.
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But...wait. If nobody knows the words, how are you so sure that's even what it is? Just from how it sounds?
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Well, there was this scholar who researched it a few years ago and said as much. Couldn't tell you if they were right, though.
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Huh. Honestly, I kinda liked that it didn't have any words.
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That way it can hit you straight in the heart without all that lyrics and meaning stuff getting in the way.
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Huh. It's a simple song, and honestly pretty repetitive...but I don't really mind.
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I mean, a complicated song that's always changing is basically impossible to remember, so I'd take this over that any day of the week.
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I'm glad to hear you giving music a little more thought now.
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And I'm glad I've had so many chances to listen to you sing.
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Your voice touches people, Dorothea. Even if they don't have the knowledge to really appreciate the high-level art of it.
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I mean, look at me! Bottom of the barrel and you still practically move me to tears.
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Oh, come now, don't talk about yourself like that.
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Eh, it doesn't really bother me. And I'm not wrong, am I? No birth parents, no real background to speak of, the whole "wandering merc" gig. It is what it is.
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That's quite the positive attitude. I'll have to try a little bit of that myself sometime.
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In the meantime, I've once again been able to rethink my singing thanks to you.
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I lost much of my emotion about the craft during my time as a diva, but I can feel it coming back now.
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Heh. You really are incredible, you know that?
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How do you mean?
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I dunno, there's just something beautiful about the way you speak.
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It's like your thoughts just come outta your mouth fully-formed, almost perfect, then find their way straight into people's hearts.
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Probably has something to do with all the training you did to become a diva. And all the training you've continued doing since.
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Meanwhile, here I am struggling to even make proper sentences when I try to talk about your singing.
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Thank you for the kind words. It makes me feel a lot better hearing you say those things about me.
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But for the record, I don't think you're bad with words at all.
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Even your little speech now was the definition of smooth. If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were trying to flirt with me.