[ I am proud to know you is so completely fucking unexpected. It is - staggering. He doesn't know what to do with himself, or with that sentiment, and so he stands there silent and scrabbling as Bastien hops down and - ]

I, ah -

[ I am proud to know you. ]

Yes. I wouldn't want...Maybe I'll take the pianoforte.

[ He swallows and tries to recover. A breath. He steadies himself. He puts a smile on his face, and clambers down after. ]

Feel like playing anything in particular? Or just improvising?