catchall; ylfa

[ohthehumanities]

I put ylfa on my shoulders and run away fastly

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[ohthehumanities]

It is! Have you ever learned to play music, Ylfa?

[honkinbigteeth]

Not really. My family wasn't rich enough to have fancy instruments and things...I've tried to play a few things before that Mother Goose had in his house, but he and his husband kept saying things like "keep practicing! you're trying so hard! good job, the important thing is you did your best!" and it was making me think I might be naturally very bad at it.

[ohthehumanities]

[HELP this is so sweet and a little funny. He smiles as he takes a seat with the instrument, starting to tune it.]

Well, they aren't wrong that it takes a lot of practice. I've been practicing for years, but I would still call myself intermediate. [Visual arts are more his thing... he just loves creativity and tries to engage with it however possible.] But maybe you just haven't found the right instrument yet. Why don't you take a look around and see if there's anything here that catches your eye?

[honkinbigteeth]

Well, let's see. I have big paws and sometimes my arms are much stronger than I expect so nothing that's very delicate or requires a lot of finger work... but also, sometimes when I breathe or blow I accidentally create tornados so that rules out a lot of things...

[ohthehumanities]

Hmmm... maybe some kind of a drum, then? I know they have large ones. Or... [He tilts his head, looking thoughtful.] I wonder if there's a way to apply your breathing to an instrument? I'm not sure how much control you're able to have over your strength, but if you can harness it, I bet you could apply it in some interesting ways.

[Unfortunately his crafting genius doesn't extend to being able to make a sturdy instrument for her, but it does give him some ideas.]