The face earned a quiet, mirthless laugh. He had fielded similar questions before, as he consider whether to press on the point, he noticed Link's eyes falling to the instrument.

Normally, he would decline such a request, but something about this piqued his curiosity, or perhaps his pensiveness is making him feel more permissive, or it's simply because it's not his but a substitute he made that made him close the gap, offering it to him. "Go ahead."