"Well, you can't beat an original classic." They're classics now, aren't they? It's a strange and...somewhat depressing feeling. Still, some things must endure.

Emcee carefully unfolds what turns out to be piano sheet music. The paper is brittle and in danger of crumbling in his hands, so he treats them as delicately as if they were flower petals.

"Oh my god," he mumbles under his breath. He recognizes the handwritten notations in pencil as Herman's. Unmistakable.

He then realizes that he's staring silently at it for too long. And he clears his throat.

"It's-- it's just astonishing that this music still survived," he says.

Did Herman survive? The question strikes him hard. Seeing this now, he has to make sure that he does survive. One way or another.