Dalgina paused in her drawing, the flower not even partly completed as she tried for the feathered stroke he'd said was best. It was so light, the lines coming off paper thin. She watched as he dug through his bag, brows furrowed in concentration. Every inch of him was a scholar, studious in his actions. His hands seemed so strong and sure, diving through as if he'd done it a million times before. He probably had. The quiet presence he held was almost mesmerizing for her. She watched him flip the pages of a worn book. The leather was so old, parts of it starting to break off from the rest, peeling gilded letters on the cover that she could barely make out under his hands.
Ragged parchment was drawn out and passed over to Dalgina. She accepted it reverently, holding the paper with care as she looked down at the broken rose. It wasn't a good drawing, nowhere near the perfection of what she was trying to mimic. Almost sad in a way, head hanging from a broken stem as the petals curved off in broken detail. Her tail wagged, listening to him. This was his first? Such a difference! Smiling she placed the flower down and resumed her sketch, hands more sure now.
The light flow that came now didn't mean she'd suddenly improved. The flower she finished was better than before, but still held a slight unevenness to the petals. She'd tried drawing it for just a peek inside, the shading struggling to depict the secret that was inside as she arched the stem to show it waiting to ring. A couple splatters of ink covered the page, though luckily there was none on the picture itself. She passed it over to Robert, waiting for his approval.
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