I'm sure he would have enjoyed your company, artist to artist. [Artist to god no less, but those sort of distinctions have no worth without a divine presence to back them up.] I was the black sheep of the family in that regard.
[Yes, he can hold a note but only in the same sense as any one of the Fianna could; song was simply a part of their way of life. Unlike Oisรญn- who he had seen make grown men weep with his voice alone- he had never taken the time to hone and elevate it. Drinking and folk songs aren't quite the same thing.
Diarmuid pauses.]
... do you think of this life as a second chance, Sir Salieri? Or something else entirely? You've had the rare experience of arriving twice now.
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[Yes, he can hold a note but only in the same sense as any one of the Fianna could; song was simply a part of their way of life. Unlike Oisรญn- who he had seen make grown men weep with his voice alone- he had never taken the time to hone and elevate it. Drinking and folk songs aren't quite the same thing.
Diarmuid pauses.]
... do you think of this life as a second chance, Sir Salieri? Or something else entirely? You've had the rare experience of arriving twice now.