"A-ah, thank you," she said, blushing when she felt him stroke her tail.

She shook her head, trying to find the stands these instruments might all have sat on at one point, trying to breathe and calm herself from the noise. "Me neither," she said. "It's so odd... Did something happen here like the moon back at the academy? If so, it must have been a long time ago. I wonder if this is part of a cycle..."