"Maybe I like learning about fish," Kieran said, without any real interest or bite, because he was so clearly saying it just to say something. "I've only just met Captain Nemo, though. I'm thrilled that The Nautilus wasn't just a sea monster, though, that wouldn't've been very fun." Moby Dick had its place, sure, but why rehash it when one could get on a submarine? He was pleased that Jude liked the book, though, it meant they'd be able to talk about it — and whatever portrait he thought Kieran would like — and now he was smiling and then he was moving.
And it was less about capturing him perfectly than it was about capturing the spirit of him, Kieran tended to be a little soft on the details in the people he painted anyways, so maybe the motion helped. But he didn't know how to verbalize that, and, so —
"You're perfect," Kieran said, and surely he had meant for more to come out of his mouth, something that wasn't so — well, so obvious. But that was what he'd mustered, and he pushed a hand through his hair rather than follow it up with anything else, surely getting little drops of wet paint tangled in the strands as well.
And it was less about capturing him perfectly than it was about capturing the spirit of him, Kieran tended to be a little soft on the details in the people he painted anyways, so maybe the motion helped. But he didn't know how to verbalize that, and, so —
"You're perfect," Kieran said, and surely he had meant for more to come out of his mouth, something that wasn't so — well, so obvious. But that was what he'd mustered, and he pushed a hand through his hair rather than follow it up with anything else, surely getting little drops of wet paint tangled in the strands as well.
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