「 SINCE MY BABY LEFT ME : OPEN 」

[sybil.]

[align=center][div style=" background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid black; width: 55%; min-height: 9px; font-family:; line-height: 110%; text-align: justify; padding: 20px"]It was the music that drew her forward. Sybil had heard music time and time again back home, but it was nothing like this. The songs her fore-bearers brandished contained no instruments, and they were meant for the gods or rituals only. Every so often, she recounted, a mother would hum a lullaby to her child in an attempt to quell their worries, but that was as far as music strayed from worship or ritualistic occurrences. This song, she surmised, was intended for enjoyment only. Nothing more, nothing less.

The panther lingered in the doorway of the room, silent, listening. Some strange feeling blossomed in her chest: had she known someone who enjoyed music like this? The name, the face, everything about the individual was just out of her reach save for the color of baby blue. The soothsayer allowed a tiny frown to play upon her lips before her face returned to its neutral look.

Clouded eyes glanced to Jerseyboy, and though she didn't speak, she hoped he could read the questions in her eyes. She wanted to know what all this was.