A little bit? [ by obligation rather than by choice, perhaps, but of all the things she's ever been forced into, the only ones she's ever enjoyed have been arts. ] Every noblewoman has an education in the arts, especially since Romagna is the centre of arts and culture in the world — music, dance, needlework... I had the opportunity to do some painting, as well.

[ the realisation is now dawning on her that the downside of this is how much wet mush gets stuck under her fingernails, gross. still, she dutifully scrapes around the pumpkin's inner sides with her fingers to fish out the last dregs of pulp, watching Jonas start work on his part in the meantime. ]

But I've never done anything like this. [ So don't be mad at me when it turns out terribly. ] Um, should I make the face or the torso with this one?