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[Simon is wandering through the house looking for papa, since he is a bored little child and requires entertainment. Since it's the logical place to look, he pokes into Cloud's room, calling out. A few moments later there's a loud popping sound, like something exploding, and a childish scream, immediately followed by pounding feet and finally, the slam of a door and soft, hiccoughing sobs.

Totally hiding in Cloud's closet now. Stupid Yuffie and her stupid explosives >:| ]

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Hm? No, I'm-...that wasn't for you. I'm angry at someone else.

Who are you mad at, Papa?

The person who put those things in my room in the first place.

Oh... yeah, I'd be mad at them too.

I'm sorry you ran across those, Simon. [Cloud rubs Simon's back again.] You okay now?

Uh-huh! They didn't hurt or anything, I just go scared... what was it?

Just...little explosives. They wouldn't have hurt anyone, but they were meant to scare people. I guess they worked.

... Y-yeah... they worked. But it's okay now...

...hey Simon. I found a piano that I'm getting for Momma. You wanna come check it out with me?

... Piano? What's that?

Oh. Right.

[Cloud slipped off the counter, reaching up and sliding his hands beneath Simon's arms to lift him down to the floor.]

A piano is an instrument to play music with. It's made out of wood, but it sounds really nice when someone really good plays it.

... M... music? Um...

[Simon thought hard for a moment, trying to picture it in his mind, but to no avail.]

Can you show me, Papa?

Well, that's what I asked. Want to go with me? I'm gonna check up on it before I move it here; you can check it out yourself.

Yeah! I wanna know what a piano is, Papa!

[Simon bounced a little on the spot, one hand reaching up for Cloud to take it.]

M'kay, let's go. [Cloud took Simon's hand in return, making sure to snatch up First Tsurugi and secure the buckles around his waist before leading Simon from the house towards the shop where he'd found the piano.]

Momma's pretty good, but she hasn't been able to play for a while. Maybe she'll remember some songs and let us listen while she practices.

What kind of sounds does it make, Papa? The only music I know is lots of 'boom-boom' stuff and the songs my mom used to sing...

...I'm...not sure how to describe it. [Cloud scratched the back of his head, unsure.] It's a pretty unique sound, the piano...it's because it doesn't just use one kind of way to make sound, I guess. I'm not sure, I'm not really a music major or anything.

Um... [Simon didn't really get it (again) so he shrugged it off and tugged on Cloud's hand.] You can show me when we get there!

You're gonna like the way it sounds. [Cloud gave Simon's hand a little squeeze as he pushed the door open, a little bell tinkling to signal their arrival.] I don't know a lot myself, but I know enough so that you can tell what it sounds like.

I can't wait, Papa! [Simon bounced happily, glancing up at the sound of the bell and picking up the pace without getting too far ahead of Cloud. He didn't want to knock anything over, after all.]

[Nodding to the storekeeper, Cloud led Simon through a few smaller aisles before coming to the piano in the back, smiling. Tifa was going to love it. Bringing Simon in front of him and reaching out to slide up the wooden compartment that protected the keys, Cloud lifted Simon onto the piano bench. Taking the boy's hands, he carefully set them on the keys.]

This is a piano. If you press down on the keys in front of you, you'll hear what it sounds like.

[Simon curved his head to one side, feeling the keys for a moment before gently pressing down on one. The resulting sound made him jump a little.]

Ah! Papa, that's the piano sound? It's so pretty!

[Cloud couldn't help a grin; the kid was just so damn cute. He reached down and positioned Simon's two pointer fingers on the C and E keys, and rested his own on the next G, C and E, waiting for Simon to move.]

Press those two down at the same time.

Um... okay...

[Simon does just that, pressing them both down at the same time as Cloud instructed.]

[Cloud played the chord just as Simon did, reaching over his other shoulder to play two lower Gs for the full effect.]

This is called a C chord. When you play different notes like this at the same time and they sound good together, it's called harmonizing.

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