lanselos_du_lac

"Oh," he says, wincing a little. At first, the only thing that comes to mind is Mass -- he absolutely cannot sing a portion of the Mass to Laertes, nor does he wish to, after today. There is a slightly long span of silence before Lancelot recalls one of Dinadin's¹ songs, much requested at banquets thanks to its simultaneous uplifting and gloriously silly reframing of Arthur.

So he sets in on that -- he is not as fine a singer as Dinadin. He is... well, he is a passable singer who does not quite know whether he is a tenor or a bass. But there are notes in the tenor range that are sweet, and once he overcomes his anxiety there is a kind of ease, since this is for Laertes.

^{1: Dinadin is a knight of Sagramore's generation, and so for Lancelot he seems very young, new to court. But Dinadin was also undeniably funny and perceptive, and Lancelot quite liked him -- though he never spoke with him individually. Even as early as this, Lancelot was careful not to make new friends at court.}