[ It's wise to be wary around the unknown, especially when one is small and the unknown is not. But Knives is a well of patience -- Vash's continued well-being is a testament to that -- and as he sits down next to his younger self he favors the boy with a kind smile, to put him more at ease. ]

That's all right.

[ He rolls his knuckles together, giving them a good crack... and then, just for a bit of added showmanship, flexes his fingers back into short, gleaming knives, just to loosen them up a little more. Now let's see... which keys were flat again? Hmm. Let's pick a piece that doesn't use those notes heavily. ]

If the tool is flawed, then we simply adjust the plan to fit around those flaws.

[ Something light, perhaps? Cheerful? Ah, Mozart. His hands dance across the keys, and the song he picked does in fact avoid the flat ones almost entirely! ]

Do you know this piece?