Part 4 — Chapter 10

Summary

• The chapter is a transcript of a conversation between Gaspery Roberts (GR) who is an assistant to a music historian, and Alan Sami (AS) who is a violinist.
• Alan Sami plays for pleasure in the airship terminal even though he doesn't need the money.
• Roberts has been tasked with investigating the music played at airship terminals in various regions on Earth.
• Roberts has Alan listen to a music clip and confirm if it's him playing. Alan confirms, identifying the music as a lullaby he composed for his late wife. The lullaby was never formally recorded or scored.
• Roberts revealed that he studied linguistics and psychology in addition to history, but denies the relevance of psychology studies in his work, contrary to Alan's suspicion.
• Alan recognizes and teases Roberts when his accent reveals he's originally from Colony Two.