"Reinforcement by peer embarrassment. Ouch." He sucked in a breath, putting his free hand over his heart. "At least you were lucky enough to have someone with you who was familiar with the situation."
He shifted, one arm resting on top of the cabinet, his chin on his arm as he watched her sift through the sheet music, content to do nothing more. Unless she asked him to help her. "Yeah," he replied, staring at a distant point for a moment before he blinked, back in the present. "Kind of like a grandfather."
His shoulders rose in a halfhearted shrug. "I took to it easily enough. Don't know if you'd call that natural or just the will to want to learn how to do something well," he replied. "When did you start performing?"