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He continues to play the piano for a few moments before finally answering, "My mother is the Dean of the college and is always busy, my dad is a popular local artist so he goes out playing and doing tours a lot, so they were just not home often. Mostly only home for the holidays really. I know they love me, they spoiled me a lot as a kid, but I was always sad seeing them go. They would always come to my recitals, which at times did cause complications with their schedules. They would at least try to come just to watch me and then leave, so I was usually with my nanny a lot, and she would always have me play for her. As for the mathematical equations, not as much as I'd like to know, and I could take the class that talks about it in more detail, but the professor that teaches it couldn't do the class this semester because one of the other professors had a baby last semester." Tired of playing the song he switches to 'Mary had a Little Lamb' and plays that several times over while talking before answering the last part.

"I had seen those boys picking on another boy, the kid was just minding his own business with his assignment when the other students took it and ripped it up. The boy was a little better than me grade wise, so I think he might have been picked on for being a 'teacher's pet' and it just made me mad because the kid had worked so hard to get a good grade on it. Next thing I know I'm punching the kid. My mind just kind fo goes blank when that sort of thing happens and I act without thinking, so I usually got into trouble. But as I entered high school the sports guys thought that was pretty cool of me, even though some of them had once done those things I beat people up over. Probably had something to do with my explanation to them. I don't remember exactly what I said, but it was along the lines of 'no one has the right to take away a person's happiness by bullying them since I wouldn't like someone doing that to me.'"

"As for why I stopped playing I had been banned from competitions for a while because of the fight, and since my parents ever really listened to me play when it was a recital it just didn't feel as exciting anymore." Coming to the song of the song again he finishes it and stops playing. "Guitars are interesting since there are so many different types, and they can make their own unique sound based on how they are made, who's playing it and how they are playing it. Maybe we should get together some time and play together, which would make for an interesting combination to be honest." Smiling he laughs a bit, trying to think of a good way to mix a guitar and a piano together.