Alvin was an idiot, but he wasn't dumb enough to push the issue when Penny clearly needed more than just a physical break from the broom itself. "Not really, a lot of sketching." Zinnia's surprise marriage had not stopped him from his trips to the greenhouse to see her. Truthfully, now, more than than ever, he wanted to keep an eye on her. He worried that she was in over her head, even if the Chief Constable seemed like a good guy. Alvin had to regrettably acquiesce to that. The man had stepped up. Alvin had done the same, to save Zin the backlash, but it he hoped it would be better in the long run for all of them to figure it out. That didn't stop him from harboring some ill will for the other man still.

"I like the quicker movement of sketches over sitting for a long painting." He was still doing the latter; he had to make money somehow, but it was losing its shine quickly. Having to do something for a living versus for enjoyment really sucked the fun right out of it. At least he could enjoy sketching still and even if it did wind up as part of his career again, it was different enough to design brooms to keep the two things separate.

"What is it you like to do in your free time?" Alvin hoped that was an innocuous enough question; getting to know on another if they were going to wind up working together wasn't such a bad idea.