Music. There was a safe topic, at least. "Elegant is... a word for it, I suppose. Music was something I'll admit I wanted to try my hand at, when I was younger, but..." He paused, frowning. There'd never really been enough money for instruments.

No, that wasn't true. There'd been more than enough. His foster parents hadn't wanted to pay. "It wasn't in the cards. Have you exclusively practiced classical music, or have you tried branching out at all?"