If his abuela could see him now, she'd scold him for not wanting to take up piano when he had the chance. Of course, back then, he'd told her that it was meaningless to pick up a musical instrument when he was not, in fact, musically inclined. Did he like music? Yes. Did he have the patience for playing? Absolutely not. But, seeing as the occasion did count for him to test out the piano, he would put aside his ambivalence and continue pressing the piano keys.
His plan was to play all the keys until he found one that was a little weird or off and unlike the rest. There were several keys missing from the piano (which made sense, as the shack looked like it had been unused for possibly a century,) and the thought that maybe the first item was inside where one of the keys was missing crossed his mind, just briefly. But, and he went over the stanza in his head again, the note said that something would off and that it was necessary for him to try them all. Jesús knew better than to try and find logic behind the riddle (wouldn't it have been easier for him to just forcibly remove the keys?) and would do things the way the note had intended him to.
And if that didn't work, he'd tear apart the piano until he got his answer.
As the shack was empty (and this was presumptuous of him, as he didn't actually know if the place was vacant or not,) he opted to play the keys loudly. That way, he would be able to tell whether or not a key was off or weird-sounding. He kept at it until he pressed down on a key that didn't sound right. Backtracking, Jesús went over the keys before it and then hit it again. A small smile crept onto his lips, he pressed it a few more times to make sure. Leaning forward, Jesús inspected the piano key, using his fingers feel over and around before ultimately tugging it upward to see if there was anything underneath.
As he continued investigating the key, his mind started dissecting the second half of the riddle, and came to the following hypothesis: if the first item was upstairs, the second one had to be downstairs. If he was remembering correctly, there was a small kitchen near the dining area. As soon as he figured out the mystery behind the off-sounding piano key, he would head back down to continue his investigation of the shack.
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