[ He understands the need to look away and straightens up once more. Reaching, he plucks the book back up and pulls it into himself, pages first. He pulls a pen seemingly out of nowhere and flips to a new page. ]

Go on now. Look around. Do you want to go see the paintings in the storefront again? [ His chin jerks toward the door. ] Let me show them to you. [ They are headed now in the reverse direction and back through the door. Karamatsu better be careful because he will trip like Hell over that tail if he isn't paying attention.

Rohan may have ASKED if he wanted to go look, but he is certainly going out there himself knowing damn well the faerie guy is going to follow him like the pied piper. ]

I sell my work for very little money. My models can walk off with their completed pieces for nothing as long as they enjoy it. I cannot have that same philosophy in this shop and keep it afloat BUT I can offer the ability to have them feel and look worth more than what they pulled out of their pockets.

Is there anything in here that catches your eye? [ He's not asking as a sales pitch, honestly. The manticores, the goblins, the gargoyles, and mermaids-- they are all lively and ready to jump out of their frames. He wants him to look and ask questions.

Rohan wants to observe. ]

Don't be shy.