Roxane laments that she has not heard from her mother for two years, and laments the fact that her piano teacher has not responded to her requests for music lessons. Roxane says that she wants to play her mother's favorite song, "Candied Apple Love's Si Liebeslied Love'S Sorrow," which she has arranged for Roxane's mother. She tells Roxane that he is still more interested in music than anyone else, and that this is why he has become a star in high school. She says that even though he is retired from the piano team, he still plays the song because he wants to remind his mother of her. She wonders if her mother resented him, and he says that it is important to remember that differences are what make a person unique.