It turned out that a man's premonitions could sometimes be even more accurate and terrifying than a woman's sixth sense!
See?
That evening, after Ty, the ship's doctor Claire's youngest son, had finished his solo performance and earned unanimous praise from the dozens of people listening, Captain Ed, First Officer Kelly, John, the new security officer Tara, and the others started egging Annie on, trying to persuade her to perform too.
Annie hadn't been too willing at first, but she couldn't resist everyone's enthusiasm. In the end, she reluctantly took the stage and, under the expectant gazes of the crowd, played a piece she'd once performed at some school.
It was that piece she'd played back then, something called "Embrace of the Moon Goddess." This time she played it on a piano, but that didn't stop her from slipping in a few little tricks to make it sound better—tricks that could bewitch human senses and affect emotions.
And then...
Nothing too unexpected happened. The unfortunate Ty, ship's doctor Claire's youngest son, took at least ten thousand critical hits to his heart and confidence in an instant!
So, while everyone gazed at Annie in shock, with feverish admiration and disbelief, lavished praise on her, said she'd played countless times better than the person who'd just performed, and even called her the finest and greatest musician in the Planetary Alliance—and the entire universe—the unfortunate Ty secretly sniffled and complained to his mother, Claire, that he never wanted to play piano again.
Anyway!
And so, amid ship's doctor Claire's angry questions and yelling, and the sheepish expressions of Captain Ed, First Officer Kelly, John, the new security officer Tara, and the others, who didn't know what to say, Annie successfully crushed the dreams of a little kid who might genuinely have had a