[ he takes the chastising gratefully. He can't argue with anything said— even he knows he needs to hear it. Teeth tug at his bottom lip in hesitation. Even the words feel foreign in his mouth. ]

As a solo artist, being erm, "seductive" wasn't part of my image. And even now, with Alkaloid, that feels disparate with us as "underdogs."

Even if the director has faith in my ability, I do not know how to find that within myself.