TLV IC Contact Post

[conning]

"It's Caffrey. Remember the value of plausible deniability. I'll get back to you."

Comments

text - a couple days after Neal's death toll is over

[abrightboy]

How are you feeling? How is the painting coming?

[conning]

Certainly better than I was.

[There's a little bit of a delay before he answers the second question:]

I haven't really touched it since before the whole monster thing.

[abrightboy]

Oh, right. Do you need someone to let you into the gazebo?

[conning]

No. Well, yes. But I've stalled on it.

[abrightboy]

Oh. What causes that?

[conning]

I don’t know, honestly.

I’ve never tried doing this before.

[At least when he wasn’t trying he couldn’t fail!!]

[abrightboy]

Maybe your mood changed. Have you tried painting something else?

[conning]

No. [Sheepish, because he... had not thought of just changing the whole work.] I feel like I should finish it.

[abrightboy]

You don't have to throw it over the side. Come back to it later, when you're feeling it.