Miku

Maybe this part should be simpler... No, but...

Shizuku

Miku, are you not taking a break?

Miku

Hm? Oh, do not worry about me. You can take your break outside with Raika and the others.

Shizuku

But you have been studying the score with a troubled look on your face. You have looked that way throughout practice.

Shizuku

If something is bothering you, I would like you to tell me. I was taught to make sure I understand the composer's instructions.

Miku

No, there is nothing I need to say about your playing, Shizuku.

Miku

It is just... the arrangement still feels one step short. Something is not clicking.

Shizuku

Is that so?

Miku

Yeah. There are quite a few places where the parts are not landing the way I intended.

Miku

Those three monsters play everything completely differently every time, so no matter how much I adjust it, it still does not feel right...

Miku

Does it not bother you, Shizuku?

Shizuku

No...

Miku

I see... Then maybe I am overthinking it.

Shizuku

No... I do not think I had been paying attention to it.

Shizuku

I have always focused on properly playing the part and score I was given.

Shizuku

I have never really thought of it any other way.

Miku

But you can play that well. Do you not ever feel that something is lacking, or that something feels off?

Shizuku

I am still learning about band music, so I do not know. Classical music usually has a correct answer, so I do not feel that kind of dissonance.

Shizuku

There are details open to interpretation, but in principle, what is written in the score is the correct answer.

Miku

I see... If those three monsters had that mindset, maybe this would all be a little easier.

Miku

When I was composing alone, I never had to think about this. Finding the right answer is harder than I thought.

Shizuku

...

Miku

Shizuku?

Shizuku

There are things you do not know either, Miku.

Miku

Huh? Of course there are. This is the first band I have ever been in.

Miku

It is also my first time having someone else play my songs, and my first time having them get completely messed up like this.

Shizuku

I see... I thought I was the only one who did not know the right answer for band music.

Miku

Hehe, that is not true. I am sure none of us...

Miku

Oh, I see... None of us knows the right answer for this band's music.

Shizuku

Hm? What do you mean?

Miku

I think you, me, and those three monsters have all run into something new that "we do not know" yet.

Miku

Maybe we need to make new music, different from anything we have made before.

Miku

So, Shizuku. Will you help me look for our answer together?

Shizuku

! Together...?

Miku

Yeah. I think I was stuck because I was trying to work it all out by myself.

Shizuku

All right. I will think about it too.

Shizuku

I do not know whether I can be of help, but I still want to try it with you.

Miku

Good. Then, to start with, this part has been bothering me...