“Have you ever heard anything so amazing!?”
“What a talent!”
“Bravo! Bravissimo!”
“Encore! Encore!”
A huge audience roaring their approval. The eyes of hundreds upon her.
The artist takes a simple bow, having taken her turn to shine. And yet...

“I am alone...”

Days later, a letter arrives.
A simple request, yet an extraordinary requester.
“It’s been many a year since last I played. I am worried I may have lost my touch.”
A reply is sent, simple and neat.

Weeks pass. The artist has a star pupil, yet one of whom she dare not speak.
And even now...

“So many to hear me play, yet none who listen.”