[ hahaha, wow. if ren was an assassin come for his head, he'd be dead by now!

but, like, he's not. he's just a dear friend come to learn, and leo's fully prepared to help him out. well, after leo's done pausing over that little statement... time might be all messed up, but it does help to keep track of things in the length of a song, the span of a note -- this, definitely, he can't forget.

so. ]

You're a patient one, huh. Most people cut me off midway into the first, or at most when the first one's finished! They'd never let me slip into a second while they just stand there! [ haha. ] You practicing your listening ears for our lessons? Getting ready to sit still all quiet-like and take in some new knowledge...? That's what I called you here for, by the way! Surprise!

[ obviously. and nowww he's pat pat patting the space on the piano bench beside him, so come on over ren-- ]