You're the best singer I've heard yet.

Mikael is quite the songbird. Maybe he's the reason you're here all the time.

The singer? I've heard of her. She is said to be gifted, very.

But who knows! The "bard" might've invented her just to make us jealous. Pitiful chorister.

We'd made a deal. I was to repair their magic phyla-whatsit. The… girl and the songster were to bring me Sigi Reuven's treasure. They didn't, so I might've flown off the handle a bit, I admit…

The first was a concert by Cecilia Bellante, a singer whose voice, were it stone, would surely be a diamond. Sadly, Mademoiselle Cecilia has sung…