Page_0: "I don't understand it. No one's buying my latest work. Wendolyn from the Salty Strumpet said it might be 'too abstract'. What does that even mean?

The proprietor at the hotel commissioned me to do copies of the family portraits.  Don't know what he plans to do with the originals, though they must be worth a lot of money. They were painted by Beauregard, that amateur. 

It took me no time at all to copy the originals. I even added my own distinctive style at no extra charge. I have them on display in the gallery now, and I can't wait for the proprietor to see them. I know he's going to love them, he's always liked my work. He even called it 'avant-garde' once. I don't really know what that means, but it sounds sophisticated. Maybe if he likes these he'll become something of a patron. I might even become famous and have a studio in the City!"