"WELL...IT'S JUST I REMEMBER WHAT TOLD ME THE PERSON WHO WAS EATING LEMON WHEN WATCHED IT AND... I DON'T KNOW..."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" O.o
"THAT MAYBE THAT PERSON WAS RIGHT AND THAT PAINTING... VALUES MUSHROOM... LIKE THE "STRANDED" MOVIE WE SAW CAUSE YOU CHOSE IT... YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?"
"NO. AND LOOK. THAT MOVIE WAS BAD. I CHOSE IT, YES. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO SAY IT 24/7, ALRIGHT?"
"BUT I GOT UNSURE OF MY TALENT. SO... I DUNNO IF I SHOULD MAKE THAT PAINTING AGAIN..."
"WHAT???"
"YES. I'M GONNA DESTROY THAT ERIC NORTHMAN PAINTING, IN A VERY VAN GOGH STYLE!!!"
"BECAUSE???"
"IT'S JUST THE COLOURS DON'T LOOK GOOD... OR THEY DO... NO THEY DON'T, BUT THEY DO"
"I DON'T LIKE THIS JOKE!!!"
"MIKE, FOR REAL..."
"LOOK I SEE YOUR POKER FACE, YOU'RE NOT KIDDING WITH ME NOW, LOOK. IT'S NOT A GOOD JOKE, FOR REAL, CUB!"
"BUT IT'S LIKE A SKETCH OR A DRAFT, NO, I'LL BURN THAT PAINTING"
"YOU WHAT??? YOU WOULD NEVER DO THAT... STOP!!! IT IS NOT FUNNY!!!"
"YES I KNOW... BUT IMAGINE I HAD LOW SELF-ESTEEM OR I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT ART... THE CLEMENT GREENBERG GHOST WOULD FOLLOW ME FOREVER!!!"
WELL I SEE HIS POINT.
"IT IS NOT THE CASE" I SERIOUSLY SAID.
"I KNOW. THAT PAINTING IS JUST OUTSTANDING. YOU KNOW? I DISCOVERED A TRICK I NEVER USED BEFORE IN PAINTINGS. IT'S ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE AND THE ACRYLIC, I KNOW NOW HOW TO DO AN EFFECT I NEVER COULD BEFORE. WICH MEANS IM OVER-HAPPY WITH THE RESULT. I COULD FINALLY MAKE THAT EFFECT IMPRESSIONISTS DID WITH THE PATCHES"
"WHICH MEANS TO YOU, THAT ERIC PAINTING LOOKS BETTER THAN THE ONES YOU DID BEFORE"
"EXACTLY"
"WILL YOU FINISH THE GEORGINA PAINTING?"
"SOON"
"WHAT IF YOU WERE SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID?"
"WELL, I'M NOT" SAID THE CUB SHOULDERS UP, SMILING.
THIS GUY. I JUST LOVE HIM.
