"And now let us have a brief pause in the beautiful stories with some music. Master Telluride, surely you have something fitting for the occassion? Something of a speciality for you?"
Nathan Telluride replies, "I just might."
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"Welcome, all, and by the Twelve, it's pleasing to see so many lovers here today! Many of you I have already met through our efforts to bring messages between friends and lovers this moon."
"On this day, I can but follow up on the theme that the lovely Xenedra has presented - the link between the Wanderer and Love. However, being a mere mortal, I can but sing as one."
"This song I have for you is a piece I learned from an old musician, whom time had made cross, still gnashing his teeth over his young days being lost."
"His paths had taken him across southern lands, where he chased the woman of his dreams, never to find her."
"This is his story, but, it may also be my own, though I plan for a happier ending. It's called, 'Love Uncrossed.'"
Nathan removes his lute from its case, and begins to strum out a melody of alternate heavy and light beats, one more fit for a fireside meditation than a tavern, and opens a soulful note from deep within. Ojune considers Nathan with a critical gaze for a moment, his expression lighting up with sudden understanding.
♪♫♪♫♪♫♪
♪ I stop to see the horizon glow at Swiftperch, where the spires of Limsa lie across the bay
♪ There's light still showing warm from the remnants of the last campfire of a wanderin' day
♪ They say you're never truly alone here, with the stars in thousands watching from above
♪ And in that thought… I take… in my comforts, but by those lingering embers, sometimes I think of love
♪ I ask aloud: Menphina, how many times will I fall for it?
♪ Forget it come sunrise, but by moonrise, I'm all for it.
♪ And an evening like this one.... seems to call..... for it.
♪ I have roamed around the world, hoping I can find that girl,
♪ The one I can't ignore... or maybe I will.
Y'mheena closes her eyes.
♪ When you see walls of Uldah for the first time, you'll never wonder why you came this way
♪ Where only stone and a thousand years of history are protecting everyone from the burning day
♪ I stop in for a drink from the Quicksand, and I toss a smile at the lady behind the bar
♪ She smiles at me as if she's got the knowing, of why with whom we want to be, is so rarely where we are.
♪ I wonder now, Menphina, how many times will I fall for it?
♪ Forget it come sunrise, but by moonrise, I'm all for it.
♪ And an evening like this one.... seems to call..... for it
♪ I have roamed around the world, hoping I can find that girl, the one I can't ignore... maybe I will... Oh, maybe I will.
♪ Soon, I'll see the endless tops of the Twelveswood, and I may be from there, but it's not quite home.
♪ For among the woods it's too easy to miss the sunrise, which tells me every day when it's time to roam.
♪ And though the memories are thicker than the thickets, I doubt that I will linger here for long.
♪ For soon the moon will be showing through the canopy, and all that I have to offer her, is a solitary song.
♪ Goddess, tell me now, Menphina, how many times will I fall for it?
♪ Forget it come sunrise, but by moonrise, I'm all for it.
♪ And an evening like this one simply seems to call..... for it.
♪ I will roam around the world, hoping I might find that girl.
♪ The one I can't ignore... maybe I will. Love knows, if I will.
♪♫♪♫♪♫♪
He stills the strings, and pulls the brim of his hat down tight, and himself into silence.
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