[ He leans lightly against the guitar once he's done, feeling plenty satisfied with himself. ]

I learned from Isaiah. He's my leader and my teacher, in a lot of things. He said "every guy has to know to how play" without so much as rhyme or logical reason to.

[ He took in a small breath and started to pluck at the strings. ]

And so I learned, accepting that nonsense reason. The kids like it a lot so, that gave me more motivation to get better. Sister Nette was the one who taught me how to sing though, Isaiah was rubbish at that.