"Not at all,' Vex insisted. "You've been a very welcome and wonderful guest. I'm glad Kash invited you." Percy's stereo was a wonder, and the music lovely, but he was right that it wasn't the same as having the musician there in the room.

"We, Vox Machina, used to have a lot more music in our lives. We've all missed it." The pause for 'it' was tiny, almost unnoticeable if you weren't listening for it, or didn't know what had happened with Scanlan. "And your song was beautiful."