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Hmm... Yes, that looks right.
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Why hello, Linhardt. It is not often I find you drawing outside.
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I'm not drawing. I'm simply trying to capture this wyvern's form.
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See? It's resting on that hill over there.
linkFerdinandvolume_up
Ah, an extraordinary sight indeed. Now then, let us see what you have done so far.
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I must say, it feels as though something is lacking in your work. How can I describe it? Your depiction is almost too accurate.
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Take these scales, for example. Why, they could have been plucked from the very wyvern itself.
linkLinhardtvolume_up
I told you, this isn't art. I'm doing it for my research.
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And when conducting research, it's always best to have precise references. The same is true when dealing with numbers or gathering information.
linkFerdinandvolume_up
I see. So you value accuracy above all else.
linkLinhardtvolume_up
Right. Honestly, I've never quite understood art anyway.
linkLinhardtvolume_up
So I'm perfectly content leaving that sort of thing to the true creatives. You know, the quirky ones. People like Bernadetta.
linkLinhardtvolume_up
So I'm perfectly content leaving that sort of thing to the true creatives. You know, the quirky ones.
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Even so, there may come a day when your work is seen as the craft of a master artisan. When such precision is lauded as the height of aesthetic genius.
linkFerdinandvolume_up
Oh, merely a passing thought.
linkFerdinandvolume_up
Perhaps in the distant future, connoisseurs will value accuracy and attention to detail over the magnificent interpretive pieces we hold dear today.
linkLinhardtvolume_up
Do you really think that'll happen, though? I doubt people will ever stop appreciating the ancient classics.
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You certainly have always done so.
linkFerdinandvolume_up
Yes, there is no denying that.
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But I fear my own personal inclinations hold little sway over public opinion. Nobody knows what trends may arise in the decades and centuries to come.
linkFerdinandvolume_up
So I can indeed envision a future in which accurate depictions are praised just the same as the greats of old. And I encourage you to do the same, my friend!
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I don't get it. How are you so optimistic all the time? It's like you're constantly looking toward the future.
linkFerdinandvolume_up
I could say quite the same about you. I have always believed you to be rather forward-thinking.
linkLinhardtvolume_up
That's not optimism, though.
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All I'm thinking forward to is the time when I can just sleep the days away. That's why I'm forcing myself to be as active as I can now.
linkFerdinandvolume_up
Regrettably, those halcyon days of slumber are still but a distant dream. I have much work for you, both now and further down the road.
linkFerdinandvolume_up
To begin with, might I ask you to paint my portrait?
linkLinhardtvolume_up
For the last time, I'm a researcher, not an artist. Are you sure you want such a faithful depiction?
linkFerdinandvolume_up
That is exactly what I want. How else would my yet-unborn descendants know the true visage of the great Ferdinand von Aegir?
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Indeed, I would be proud to submit myself as a subject of your research. Consider it a study in the personification of nobility itself.
linkLinhardtvolume_up
Ugh, don't get ahead of yourself.
linkLinhardtvolume_up
I'm fine drawing you, but I don't have the slightest modicum of interest in actually researching you.
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Though I do sometimes wonder where you get all that unabashed confidence from.