<🎧 Song Recommendation: How To Save A Life by The Fray>
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[Skill: Audio-Visual Projection (A)]
● Description: A rare auditory phenomenon. When the user sings with intense emotion, they can induce mild hallucinations in the audience, making listeners 'see' the imagery within the lyrics.
Von read the text carefully, his eyes zeroing in on one specific phrase.
When the user sings with intense emotion...
That was the lock! That made Von realize the massive, glaring problem sitting right in front of him. Alex wasn't an emotional person. He was completely guarded, apathetic, and emotionally numb. That was why it wasn't working.
Even though they had just spent two hours writing a sad ballad about being forgotten, Alex didn't actually feel anything while he was singing it. He was just reciting words perfectly on pitch. Without the emotional fuel, the A-tier skill couldn't manifest.
