He hums in thought at that, lowers his eyes to Bridei and gently tries to still the little dragon as he wriggles once more.

"You yearn for it," he repeats softly, "yet you deny yourself. It reminds you of the past. Yet... those memories, associations, will never fully leave you if you do not let yourself move on. If... the past, a past you do not wish, is the only memory you have a harp then of course a harp will make you recall it. If you want to enjoy it once more, then the only way is to do so. To make new memories, new associations, to live in the here and now -- not the past. Play here -- I will not begrudge you doing so. Play as much as you wish, Faolan, and perhaps one day... your confidence will return enough to play for others as you once did."