Reluctantly, Crystal started petting the cat on her lap. While she'd never shown any interest in taking up painting, like Acacia, she had taken up singing. But, she wanted more things in common with her older sister. Or, at least, more reasons for them to talk (because being siblings wasn't always a good enough reason). Mostly, she just wanted excuses to bother the Ravenclaw. If she picked up a new skill at the same time, all the better.

'Do you think you could teach me how to paint? Just basics.' she added the last bit as an afterthought.

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MJ made the pretties