At this point, after the drama on shore, Victory wanted nothing more than a stiff drink. She had the feeling the instruments were about to be unpacked, and she wasn’t in the mood for Mikelos’ amateur screeching at the erhu. He’d been a genius at so many other musical instruments for as long as she’d known him that this had turned out to be a shock to her system.
She felt a bit like a third wheel as Tan shared his impressions of the current status of the Jiang Yi Yue Provincial Orchestra. Apparently Tan was an amateur musician himself. After verifying all of her luggage had made it over from the ferry, she left Mikelos to show off the two violins he had brought. She knew the erhu would come out next, and she hoped Tan could give her daywalker some pointers on how to play it without soundin
