Spider's Musebox

"Perhaps at some other time. I'm afraid mine's been set aside," He pulls the small knife from his belt, the point kept turned away from Ayatan with a practiced grace. "For the simple tasks, this is enough." But this settled it. She should have a miséricorde of her own.

"For the greater work, I was gifted something more precious, to act in its stead."

He was almost giddy now, the mania held in check only by a tenuous grasp on responsibility. "You should see it. But I would hate to draw it without need. What beauty this world holds should be treated with respect."