and the band plays "In The Mood"

"It's interesting..."

"Yes, Taion?"

Noah looks up from his flute so calmly; Taion's glad he's feeling himself today. The past few weeks have been...difficult, to say the least.

"If we weren't soldiers," a terrifyingly unreal thought, "you'd still be a musician, wouldn't you?"

Noah smiles. "I think so. Thanks for reminding me."

"I don't know what I would be," Taion offers plainly. There's a thread of something raveling itself about in his mind, but he can't quite think...

"Probably history."

And--

He'll have to make a note of some kind about ensuring that it's music history he begins with.