That sucks. [ Chloe hadn't been a prodigy, but she'd been labeled 'gifted' and it had been enough of a bear for her to wish she'd been just an average nerd and not a smart one. She also had wasted her potential, supposedly, but that was beside the point. ] No one's gonna force you to throw around any Bach or Schubert in this place, but you might be able to find a space to play jazz somewhere. They've got shit from all sorts of time periods around.

[ She gave a hum of satisfaction at the new flavor, nodding in her approval. It was different - but definitely nicer than the cheap cigarette pack she'd picked up in town. ]

I'm too lazy to put up with something as time consuming as suffering. Or self sacrificing. Way too much effort when I could spend half as much energy into letting things be wherever they need to be.