Page 29 of Your Rhythm

“I think it means that much to you too, Kay. I read some of your articles”—my heart starts hammering as I wait for him to tell me he knows everything aboutLast Bastion—“inLa Gare.”

I try not to let out a sigh of relief as he continues.

“I wish I could talk about music like you do. You just seem to reallygetit. The things you say in your articles, I feel them all when I’m playing. Music, it...it has this power, you know? You said something in your article about that Yann Tiersen show. I forget what it was exactly...”

He trails off to think for a moment.

“Music,” I whisper into the darkness, quoting my own article, “is the most beautiful and dangerous kind of seduction.”

Our breathing fills the silence.

“Yeah,” he whispers back, “that was it.”