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<blockquote data-quote="orsal" data-source="post: 3064530" data-attributes="member: 16016"><p><em>Take this out of sequence. This post is part of a conversation that happened before our royal audience.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: plum">"Do you know the great pleasure of bringing joy to a child? Every time I sing to young children -- or, even better, sing with young children -- I see in their faces something that reminds me of when, years ago, a travelling cornettist named Shkarna visited the slums of Lhondaio and played for the kids on the street and got us to sing with him. I see that same delight I remember feeling -- and to be able to share with them the sensation, share the beauty and passion of music, has always been what made life worth living.</span></p><p><span style="color: plum"></span></p><p><span style="color: plum">"I was thinking about this when we were in the dragon's dungeon. I did not expect to escape that alive. And I thought: is this what my life has come to, that I shall never again enjoy that pleasure? I have been thinking even more about that, now that I realize that, but for a miracle provided by the Lady of Stone, that would indeed be my fate.</span></p><p><span style="color: plum"></span></p><p><span style="color: plum">"Not long after Shkarna invited me to join him in his travels and performances, we met the bard Felsius. I have never forgotten the advice that wise man gave me. Life, he said, was about following unexpected opportunities. And so it is, while I have not sought out adventure, that when adventure has sought out me I have gone with it. When my travels took me to Orussus, I was sitting in the Red Dragon Inn when I learned of a bounty on goblins in Monemvassia. I thought of Felsius' philosophy as I decided to go hunt goblins. That quest turned into a hunt for a bandit. Then I found myself offered a commission to track down assassins, and from that I found myself defeating a would-be usurper. All these adventures sought me out, as if they were my destiny.</span></p><p><span style="color: plum"></span></p><p><span style="color: plum">"What we have done is important, no doubt about it. But sharing the gift of music, whether with princes and dukes or with children begging on the street, is also important. To enjoy a song together is to share the basic spirit of life. It is through music and song that people form bonds, find empathy. All my life, since I first me great Shkarna, I have felt that that was my work. You have heard me sing about heroes who defeat thieves, who fight evil creatures, who protect civilizations from all manner of scourge. I never see myself in those heroes. And so I find myself wondering: have I really been following my destiny? Or do I risk throwing away a life that should be spent spreading the gift of music?"</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orsal, post: 3064530, member: 16016"] [i]Take this out of sequence. This post is part of a conversation that happened before our royal audience.[/i] [color=plum]"Do you know the great pleasure of bringing joy to a child? Every time I sing to young children -- or, even better, sing with young children -- I see in their faces something that reminds me of when, years ago, a travelling cornettist named Shkarna visited the slums of Lhondaio and played for the kids on the street and got us to sing with him. I see that same delight I remember feeling -- and to be able to share with them the sensation, share the beauty and passion of music, has always been what made life worth living. "I was thinking about this when we were in the dragon's dungeon. I did not expect to escape that alive. And I thought: is this what my life has come to, that I shall never again enjoy that pleasure? I have been thinking even more about that, now that I realize that, but for a miracle provided by the Lady of Stone, that would indeed be my fate. "Not long after Shkarna invited me to join him in his travels and performances, we met the bard Felsius. I have never forgotten the advice that wise man gave me. Life, he said, was about following unexpected opportunities. And so it is, while I have not sought out adventure, that when adventure has sought out me I have gone with it. When my travels took me to Orussus, I was sitting in the Red Dragon Inn when I learned of a bounty on goblins in Monemvassia. I thought of Felsius' philosophy as I decided to go hunt goblins. That quest turned into a hunt for a bandit. Then I found myself offered a commission to track down assassins, and from that I found myself defeating a would-be usurper. All these adventures sought me out, as if they were my destiny. "What we have done is important, no doubt about it. But sharing the gift of music, whether with princes and dukes or with children begging on the street, is also important. To enjoy a song together is to share the basic spirit of life. It is through music and song that people form bonds, find empathy. All my life, since I first me great Shkarna, I have felt that that was my work. You have heard me sing about heroes who defeat thieves, who fight evil creatures, who protect civilizations from all manner of scourge. I never see myself in those heroes. And so I find myself wondering: have I really been following my destiny? Or do I risk throwing away a life that should be spent spreading the gift of music?"[/color] [/QUOTE]
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