Cora pulled her eyes away from Geralt to listen to Lucien's notes. She leaned in, intently focusing on what he was saying, and nodded her understanding when he finished as the blush faded from her cheeks. Though she had an otherworldly voice and the ability to sing any note given to her, she never had an ear for composition. Mostly when she had sung on her own back home, they were little trills and humming sounds that she had made up and hardly anything ever had actually words--or lyrics--in them. Since coming abovewater, Lucien had helped to cultivate her talent to an extreme level. Now, not only did she know [i]how[/i] to sing, but she knew what was pleasing to the ear of others, and even all the different terms that went along with it. She was glad for Lucien's assistance, without him she felt her voice would have been wasted. She was always glad when their last nights came, it gave her the opportunity to showcase her talent, it was a nice change from swimming around a bit for viewers, and honestly, she still didn't understand what everyone found so enthralling about that.

[color=00a99d]"Okay,"[/color] she said, and cleared her throat before continuing. She opened her mouth and glanced at Geralt before beginning again. Noticing that the Magician's eyes were on her, she sang with a smile.

Illyana, who had been reading at the other end of the table to put some distance between herself and Cora's powerful voice, looked up at Lucien as she was addressed. At first, she was confused, but then she looked down to see the tiny bite she had taken out of her sandwich and understood. Although the medium had never been a big eater, which is why the others in the troupe insisted that she was so small, she was often so distracted by her reading that she would forget she was even hungry. It was up to Lucien, and Faolan...when he was here, to make sure she did not skip meals accidentally.

She gave the Ringleader a mock glare before taking another small bite out of her sandwich. She made to set the food down, but noticed Lucien's eyes were on her and took a second bite before doing so and turning back to her book.

Geralt watched all of this exchange with luke-warm interest. What he was truly ready to experience was the full force of Cora's vocal talents. Her abilities could be extremely useful to him in the future if she was as powerful as he thought. He made sure to steel himself before she began again, confident that he could withstand the soothing power of it now that he knew what to expect. He gave her a small wink as she glanced at him, noting her grin as she realized he was watching her.