"I don't know." I tilt my head a bit. "Maybe one day?"
"Maybe," I agree. 'Cept I don't know if I mean it. Don't know if it'd be good to paint him, not a special picture or not a regular one. If just thinkin' 'bout it makes me want to go back to that other place, what'd I do if I really painted him?
"Where I used to live, in the old tenement building. I don't have a job. And - " I try to work it out, but I still have difficulty with time, sometimes. "I don't know. Weeks. Months." I think of what she might like to know: "I stayed with Valmont at first. At the inn."
"Oh. That's a good place to go. Everyone says he's real nice." I ain't been there much, but everyone said he was good to the Carnival folks, even right at the beginning when the townies was all suspicious. Tez - or Micah? Or whoever he is. He don't look too happy 'bout it, though. I can see his face gettin' all tight.
"It musta been hard," I say real quiet. "How'd you come back? Do you know?" I add, 'cause maybe he don't know, I guess.
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Date: 2013-07-01 12:07 am (UTC)"Maybe," I agree. 'Cept I don't know if I mean it. Don't know if it'd be good to paint him, not a special picture or not a regular one. If just thinkin' 'bout it makes me want to go back to that other place, what'd I do if I really painted him?
"Where I used to live, in the old tenement building. I don't have a job. And - " I try to work it out, but I still have difficulty with time, sometimes. "I don't know. Weeks. Months." I think of what she might like to know: "I stayed with Valmont at first. At the inn."
"Oh. That's a good place to go. Everyone says he's real nice." I ain't been there much, but everyone said he was good to the Carnival folks, even right at the beginning when the townies was all suspicious. Tez - or Micah? Or whoever he is. He don't look too happy 'bout it, though. I can see his face gettin' all tight.
"It musta been hard," I say real quiet. "How'd you come back? Do you know?" I add, 'cause maybe he don't know, I guess.