so i had a conversation that went like this:

me: sting?
rikita: yes.
me: sting?
rikita: yes
me: s-t-i-n-g?
rikita: yes
me: elizabethan lute music?
rikita: yes.
me: i have a bad feeling about this.

i do, but since she's the renaissance scholar and isn't too sceptical i'll keep quiet.