The bus station’s dusty and so is the old man sitting in it. He actually has dust on him. Newsom tries not to stare, looking instead for a place to set his bag.<\/p>\n
There’s an inexplicable piano on one wall; it, too, is dusty, but the key cover’s open. After ten minutes of wall-watching, Newsom gives in and plonks a key.<\/p>\n
It’s out of tune–he knows that immediately. He draws back, but an old crow-voice says “Play somethin’.”<\/p>\n
“I don’t know–”<\/p>\n
“It does.”<\/p>\n
Newsom hesitantly tries a chord, which is when he realizes it is in tune. With itself.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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