He could tell from that frown that maybe he hadn't done well enough, and he smiled, conjuring up a few more in different styles, some fancier that others.

"An artist, huh?" Billy asked, picking up one of the flowers to admire, "I know there's some people who painted a mural a while back, I'm not sure if they're what you'd have in mind or not. But we can work on a post to put up on the network and ask if anyone is interested?"

And oh- "You have family here?" How lucky was that. Speaking of lucky- "Well no...has? Not since I've been here at least. Which is...almost 4 years? And there's only ever been a handle of us here at a time. Not really enough to build up industry or anything."