[He says nothing for a long moment, eyes moving instead toward the stairs up. No is the very immediate response he has to clench his teeth over. No, he doesn't want to go back up there. Shaw is up there.
But - Shaw is dead. Erik rubs at his eyes, shaking his head as if to clear it. Shaw is dead, and La Vie en Rose is not playing, not even if he listens very carefully. That is in his head. It's this place in his head. He thinks he hears the band queuing up, and his eyes dart to Toshiko's face.]
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But - Shaw is dead. Erik rubs at his eyes, shaking his head as if to clear it. Shaw is dead, and La Vie en Rose is not playing, not even if he listens very carefully. That is in his head. It's this place in his head. He thinks he hears the band queuing up, and his eyes dart to Toshiko's face.]
Can you hear it?