Nearly, is it? At least you can concede that much.

[For what it's worth, that can soothe his pride a little more. It really is something of a miracle that he didn't just immediately choose to break her neck on a whim; but that worked out in the end, didn't it?]

But yes. I'll just spin it as me being... an artist in town. On vacation, but looking for his next bout of inspiration from the locals.