Songbird (LAMP/Polysanders)
"Virgil, do you want your parents to live?""Yes! Please! I-I love them! Please!""Would you do anything to make sure they stay safe?""Yes, I'll do-do anyth-thing!" "Well, I suppose it's a good thing there is something I want you to do for me, Virgil,""There is?""Yes, you see, I've heard rumors about you... I've heard about you and your... vocal talent... I would like you to show me," "Rig-right now?""And other times too. If you sing when I tell you, in front of the people I want you to sing to, your parents will stay alive and you will even be able to visit them,"..."So, Virgil?" Virgil gave up his freedom years ago. He and his parents continued living in exchange for singing (among... other things) for the King. He doesn't regret it. That is until three visiting royals turn his world upside down and, for this first time since he was 10, he suddenly wants something other than for his parents to stay alive. Virgil doesn't understand and, neither do the others but, love is not meant to be easy and Virgil, he's learned that the hard way.…