Elena raises an eyebrow. "Expensive education doesn't speak for a man's intelligence and yet a lack of which doesn't guarantee stupidity. And if you must know, I have a bit of Asian in my heritage, so I have short genes in my family." She shoves her glasses up her nose with a mildly irritated huff.

Ren meets the performer's eyes as she quietly finishes the song. "And I'm on my way I still remember these old country lanes When we did not know the answers And I miss the way."