... It's a song meant more for his instrument than for mine.
[ Still, it isn't as if they haven't both played it before here. Not all that long ago, even, when Varian had requested something less somber, less solemn than the hymns their Order had been known for.
He'd let the other Ion take the lead on the melody then, and not only because of their respective choices of instrument. After all, regardless of their positions, regardless of their dispositions... regardless of his own feelings, as far as he was concerned, the other Ion had always been the one who was meant to survive.
But when he plays Finale - happiness in my hand now, he takes over for that part, trading backing for lead. Despite this, he doesn't add any flourishes, any excess, despite it being well within his ability if he wanted to try.
The result is a quiet melody that, while soft, and calm, and soothing, and all of those things that the other Ion had so cherished... Despite any warmth or sincerity to the song, there's still something quietly lonely about it regardless.
Perhaps it's the most fitting send off he can give to his replica. ]
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[ Still, it isn't as if they haven't both played it before here. Not all that long ago, even, when Varian had requested something less somber, less solemn than the hymns their Order had been known for.
He'd let the other Ion take the lead on the melody then, and not only because of their respective choices of instrument. After all, regardless of their positions, regardless of their dispositions... regardless of his own feelings, as far as he was concerned, the other Ion had always been the one who was meant to survive.
But when he plays Finale - happiness in my hand now, he takes over for that part, trading backing for lead. Despite this, he doesn't add any flourishes, any excess, despite it being well within his ability if he wanted to try.
The result is a quiet melody that, while soft, and calm, and soothing, and all of those things that the other Ion had so cherished... Despite any warmth or sincerity to the song, there's still something quietly lonely about it regardless.
Perhaps it's the most fitting send off he can give to his replica. ]