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What will?

Not a lot. Mostly my sister yelling at me to sing. Or, crying because I won't. Either way will work, sometimes.

Why don't you like to sing? Do you have a bad voice?

Long story. Yeah, I have a really horrible voice. It is shockingly painful to hear, like someone dragging their fingernails down a blackboard.

*Tries to look innocent in the lie. Isn't good at lying.*

Really? I am not sure how much of that I believe.

*Eyedart.* Wishful thinking, I guess. I mean, what I said, not you. And, hi.

*Laughs.* You wish you had a horrible voice? Hi! I'm Sophie.

A horrible singing voice, yeah, that'll be nice. I'm Eothian.

Why is that? Hello, Eothian, it's nice to meet you.

Goes back to the long story, which in the end gave me stage fright so bad it takes all my effort not to pis...uh...puke in front of all those people. I just don't want to be up there.

Nice to meet you too.

Damn, that's pretty bad, I mean if you had an experience that it makes you react like that. What happened, if you don't mind me asking.

The experience involved two separate shootings. The first shooting was enough, because it involved my twin. The second time I got shot. I just feel like a sitting duck up on stage, you know?

That's horrible! Why did they shoot at you and your twin? Is your twin okay?

Yeah, Fia pulled through okay. We, kinda, have a crazy stalker who doesn't like ...uh... our singing or something, I guess.

And, now you know more than you ever wanted to know about me. So enough of that. What about you?

I am really glad to hear that, that must have been a scary experience. He kind of sounds like a deranged nutjob. *Whistles.*

I asked, so I wanted to know. What about me, what do you want to know?

Yeah, insane.

Tell me whatever you want to tell me, about you. Tell me something happy.

Was he arrested?

Hmmmm, I have eight brothers and sisters! Oooh I saw the Chrysler building today, and I got a balloon.

Both shooters were never found. My sister says she knew who my shooter was but I won't believe her.

Hey, that's three more than in my family. I see the Chrysler building every day I am out, you're in new york...getting free balloons? Are we in the same city?

Why won't you believe her?

Really?! I love big families, how many brothers do you have? *Laughs and shakes her head.* No, it wasn't free, but I bought it because I thought it was pretty! I'm new to New York, it's the best city ever.

I won't believe her, because it kills me thinking it might be true one of my oldest friends could hurt me.

I have two brothers older than me and there's Fia who is older by about two minutes. And there's my sister. My sister raised Fia and I, so we are pretty close to her. I'd do anything for her. Where do you fit in with your family? New York is a crazy place, I love it.

Holy crap, that would be a really hard pill to swallow, why would he even want to do that?

It sounds like you have a really close family, what happened to your mother and father? If you don't mind me asking. Mmm I am the second youngest. Five brothers, two sisters, then there's me. Sooo many people! Have you lived here all your life?

For money and because he could.

My mother died after she gave birth to Fia and I, some kind of complication. My father remarried again, but w.s.m ...wicked step-mommy... didn't want us around so she shipped us off outsight and next thing we heard our father had died. And that was the end of that.

We've lived everywhere. Fin, my sister, has a club here in New York so this is home for now. How are you adjusting to the place?

That's shit. I mean, doing something like that just because you can?

*Wrinkles her nose.* I am sorry to hear about your mom, and about wicked step mommy. My dad got remarried too when he left my mom, but she's super nice, I guess I lucked out. Do you miss your dad?

What kind of club is it? I don't get out much I've been to a club like twice in my life. To tell you the truth I'm kind of nervous, I don't know a lot of people here, or have a real job.

Some people are like that. Just how the world is.

I miss a lot of people, especially our parents. But I look at my brothers and imagine that's how my father was. And, Fin is like what I'd imagine my mother to be like.

Music and food. Fin likes stuff to be upmarket so the place isn't a dive, but isn't just just for rich people either. It is a good balance.

You don't have a job? How are you surving? Do you have a place to stay?

I certainly don't like that part of the world.

So they aren't really gone, they are still there, just in different forms in different people.

That sounds like a nice balance, where's your club located?

Well kind of yes and no, I have interviews and auditions lined up, and I have savings. I am staying with a group of friends I met in school.