"Did other people agree with that assessment?" Jason asks, zeroing in on Ruffnut's obliviousness to others, already reading her flaws into her. "Because that makes a difference."

If all Ruffnut's good at is making noise and annoying people, then she's got a much smaller and less lucrative audience than if she has any actual talent. Maybe if he moved her to a different instrument it wouldn't matter; she could fake it and backing tracks could work the magic.

"Have you ever played a guitar?"