When she asked him to play a song while she finished, he had to strum chords for a while and pretend to be tuning up until he settled down. He didn't want her to see how unsettled he'd been by the whole thing. How unsettled he still was. He had thought he was the fisherman, but he saw now - She had pronged him, with a single stroke, pronged him through the heart and he was caught. Just like with Melody, caught. But this wasn't Melody, Dicey wasn't. And besides, he didn't feel pronged, he felt - overwhelmed, out of breath, breathless.
In this scene, a character struggles with intense emotions as he reflects on his feelings for a woman named Dicey. When she requests him to play music while she completes her work, he playfully pretends to tune his guitar, masking his inner turmoil. He is grappling with the realization that he has been deeply affected by her, feeling vulnerable and ensnared by feelings he didn't anticipate.
He compares his experience with Dicey to a past relationship with Melody, acknowledging that while both women have had a significant impact on him, the emotions he feels now are different. Instead of feeling like a predator in control, he is overwhelmed and breathless, illustrating the depth of his feelings for Dicey and his inability to fully comprehend the situation.
