It isn't until the instrument is revealed that Mel crosses over toward it with a childlike, animated expression. "Dulcinea's parents gave her lessons." Running hands over the cello as delicately as one may a Fabré egg, she continues, "When we went into the dreamscape, I created a theatre for myself and played for a little while; Viridi, Parsee, Aerith, they found me at some point or another."