[It's unfortunate that ghosts don't get to keep any marks. Perhaps it's for the best to be back to a pristine state]
'If you feel daring make it with two colors.'
[He remembers, indeed! Looks like he has a pretty great memory -- and still not a hand for art. Back then, he wasn't enjoying himself on this particular challenge because he doesn't have a hand for art, and he has enough pride to not want to embarrass himself. Nowadays...yeah, he'd say without a doubt Mary has surpassed his middling artistic ability by leaps and bounds. Perhaps that she dared to practice and improve, even using herself, is a sign of it, of how she was ready to get better at this]
You have gone far enough in this craft you have dwarved my own [nonexistent] skills. If you bring me baked products when we next meet I will show you my own attempt at this, pu ku ku...
[...correction, even though he has enough pride to not want to embarrass himself, he still likes Mary enough he'd tolerate making a fool of himself a bit. It's a given that if he tries to draw anything on himself it's going to look pretty mediocre!]
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'If you feel daring make it with two colors.'
[He remembers, indeed! Looks like he has a pretty great memory -- and still not a hand for art. Back then, he wasn't enjoying himself on this particular challenge because he doesn't have a hand for art, and he has enough pride to not want to embarrass himself. Nowadays...yeah, he'd say without a doubt Mary has surpassed his middling artistic ability by leaps and bounds. Perhaps that she dared to practice and improve, even using herself, is a sign of it, of how she was ready to get better at this]
You have gone far enough in this craft you have dwarved my own [nonexistent] skills. If you bring me baked products when we next meet I will show you my own attempt at this, pu ku ku...
[...correction, even though he has enough pride to not want to embarrass himself, he still likes Mary enough he'd tolerate making a fool of himself a bit. It's a given that if he tries to draw anything on himself it's going to look pretty mediocre!]