Orpheus laughs a little, sheepishly, rubbing at the back of his neck. "Sort of! I doubt I know the most of anybody here? But I'm trying! Anyway, um."
He takes a deep breath and begins to play a slow melody that gives each note its own space to reverberate and echo through the rows of shelves. Maybe starting to sing in the middle of a library is a bit rude, but that doesn't seem to occur to Orpheus right away.
"From across strange seas they came The Queen and her retinue She sought for her daughter a mortal mate Pursuing the power, born anew Of mankind's dreams and Pthumerian might Brought together in one being Her granddaughter's far reach and sight Outstripped all those preceding"
And there he stops, putting a hand to the strings to still them. "I can explain any of that, if I need to. I know it's not the clearest - the song is more to introduce the broad strokes, than to try to capture everything."
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He takes a deep breath and begins to play a slow melody that gives each note its own space to reverberate and echo through the rows of shelves. Maybe starting to sing in the middle of a library is a bit rude, but that doesn't seem to occur to Orpheus right away.
"From across strange seas they came
The Queen and her retinue
She sought for her daughter a mortal mate
Pursuing the power, born anew
Of mankind's dreams and Pthumerian might
Brought together in one being
Her granddaughter's far reach and sight
Outstripped all those preceding"
And there he stops, putting a hand to the strings to still them. "I can explain any of that, if I need to. I know it's not the clearest - the song is more to introduce the broad strokes, than to try to capture everything."