Instruments

Tyson learnt how to play piano from his grandmother, Ellen Delaney.

He asked to learn to stop Jethro butchering the violin, at his older brother’s request. Their father seems satisfied that at least one of them was learning an instrument and Tyson found that he enjoyed piano enough to keep it up after his grandmother passed away, playing on the piano up in the east-wing attic.

After sitting with Dick through some of his happier spells, Tyson has learnt the fundamentals of guitar cords and he is pretty good with a recorder.

He learnt how to play the harmonica from Sebastian. Originally it was Moran making an excuse to ‘teach Ty the proper mouth shapes to play’ and whilst that was often the excuse, Sebastian did actually teach Tyson how to play. Mostly Tyson plays a G harmonica.

He has considered learning other instruments a few times, largely flute and guitar, but they have always been pushed onto the back burner as other learning opportunities took precedent in Tyson’s mind.

Dogs body

Tyson walks a fine line between allowing himself to be a general dog’s body for the employees of the web and allowing those employees to step out of line.

He is overly aware of his reputation as ‘the second-hand pet’, due to his relationship with The Colonel. He might be in a favourable position with the Moriarty Mirrors, but that doesn’t put him in a favourable light to the employees of the web who aren’t so fortunate.

For the most part, Tyson knows how to play that smart: calculated risks. None of them are foolish enough to do any real damage to him, but if they roughly brush past him during a shared mission Tyson will swallow his pride to let them vent that frustration and keep them focused on the job.

He only allows employees to dump paperwork with him when he either knows that they are overworked and it will be overall beneficial to do so, or else Tyson knows that - whilst a valuable employee in other matters - it’s in the web’s best interests if he handles that work instead.

Tyson plays the system under the pretence of being a dog’s body. He knows that he is strong enough to take whatever abuse they wish to throw at him and that the threat of damaging the Moriarty Mirror’s precious Pup will keep them from doing anything that Tyson would need to stop them from doing.