"To be honest, I don't know what half of these things even are." Mat takes the instrument with a shrug.
"Not exactly any trade for musical instruments in my village. A Gleeman would come round once sometimes twice a year maybe, and sometimes peddlers, but...still never saw more than a shepherd's pipe or a hand harp or lute till I left Emunds Field."
And there ends the list of instruments Mat is personally familiar with, outside of the drum. He's aware of others, he's read their names in books or glimpsed them, but that's about all. This thing, though...it's neat looking. And he thinks it probably suits him, as long and thin as he himself is. His fingers run over it curiously.
"We're shepherds and farmers, my people. Simple folk, small end of nowhere place, there's about...forty people in the village and woods around it." It's a rough estimate, but feels right following the attack during the spring festivities.
"I know there's plenty of instruments and musicians in Thorne, but I've been busy with my magic lessons and I haven't had any time to pursue either." Channeling hadn't come easy, once his ability had awoken. It's been a long road, but now...now he's made true progress, and isn't practicing all the damned time.
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"Not exactly any trade for musical instruments in my village. A Gleeman would come round once sometimes twice a year maybe, and sometimes peddlers, but...still never saw more than a shepherd's pipe or a hand harp or lute till I left Emunds Field."
And there ends the list of instruments Mat is personally familiar with, outside of the drum. He's aware of others, he's read their names in books or glimpsed them, but that's about all. This thing, though...it's neat looking. And he thinks it probably suits him, as long and thin as he himself is. His fingers run over it curiously.
"We're shepherds and farmers, my people. Simple folk, small end of nowhere place, there's about...forty people in the village and woods around it." It's a rough estimate, but feels right following the attack during the spring festivities.
"I know there's plenty of instruments and musicians in Thorne, but I've been busy with my magic lessons and I haven't had any time to pursue either." Channeling hadn't come easy, once his ability had awoken. It's been a long road, but now...now he's made true progress, and isn't practicing all the damned time.