"Meanwhile, I've started reading for pleasure a lot more than I used to," Sihyun replies with a self-deprecating smile. It was never a priority before, really, something he would do for school when necessary but that mostly fell by the wayside otherwise. His life is unrecognizably different now than it was a few years ago, but for all the trouble it took to get here, it's all for the best.

"Maybe I'll look at those music books. Not many places carry them."