Rory smiled and gave her a gentle kiss on the cheek, a thank you for her compliment. When he looked back at her sculpture, however, his brow furrowed. "Cheating? How can he think you've cheated in any way, given the results? Even I can see how much effort and skill you've put into this work, and I'm no gaffer."

He found himself feeling rather less charitable toward Maestro Evangelisti. As her teacher and mentor, shouldn't he be encouraging her?