More than one person cried when we played the song this morning, which is part of what I was after. It gave me plenty of time to analyze the patterns of mana it makes, this time they were much more pronounced than they were last time, making it easier to study.

I can tell you right now that there’s no way it'll be able to create the same effects using mana as the song does, at least not without something major happening. But it is still enlightening to see the magical effects music can have on people, maybe I can use it to make better music.

I learned more about Talus’s family today. Apparently, she is the only child of a small branch of a major clan in a city far from here. Her parents forced her to learn music to make her more desirable, for what she didn’t say, except that it had to do with strengthening her family. She ran away from home but didn’t touch on why. The cousins she mentioned before are the children of other branches of her clan.

I spent the rest of the day practicing cooking. It was something I haven’t done recently and something I still want to improve at. Had I learned yesterday that Talus is a pretty good cook I would have been surprised, today not so much. She’s a much better teacher than Par or Thes, she says that’s because she struggled to learn cooking, while they are naturally talented, makes sense. The food I made today turned out alright.

Anyway, Good Night Diary