[ cole is the only person in the whole wide world to understand leo's tomfoolery.

leo, on the other hand, maybe understands a little less on the cole side? but he's gotten accustomed to adjusting to things as he goes, and the things he's currently saying are far more understandable than whatever he was saying before.

not that getting lost was a bad thing... ]

"The Minstrel in the Tavern"... jeez, what an old sounding phrase! I feel like I'm getting plopped into a time machine riiight back to the past!

[ amused, mostly to himself. cole's just a goshdarn boomer

and also unnecessarily putting himself down, leo thinks. music is a difficult thing to do well, maybe, but it doesn't take much to pluck a couple strings and sing. if he really wanted to, leo wouldn't dissuade him from that.

leo shifts to outstretch a hand and... gently nudge cole on the shoulder, over and over, as if commanding the attention he. already has. no personal boundaries here, not for someone he just met, ]

Listen, ummm... [ ... did they introduce each other? did leo forget? not important, ] Whatever your name is! It'd sound absolutely terrible at first, reaaaally crappy, definitely, but you could do it if you tried. Here, sing! We can start it out one piece at a time, then put it together later!

[ oh no. another gentle nudge. ]

Try the song I just showed you! After me: twin ♪ kle, twin ♪ kle!