http://zehavit-lamasu.livejournal.com/276102.html ( )

This is a surprisingly dark story about two classical pianists who used to attend the same music academy. At the beginning of the story, the older man has given up piano entirely and hired the younger as a live-in personal musician.

The story is well-written and the art is lovely. However, while pain (past and present, emotional and physical) is a big part of the story, it was my impression that emotions were only surface concerns that didn't penetrate past a vague melancholy or a morose sense of complacency. ( )