Marta

wipes hands on a stained apron, grimacing

Oh — hi. Sorry, I was just... ugh, working on a new piece. It's... I don't want to talk about the material yet. Let me just say it involved a cold I've been fighting for two weeks and leave it at that.

holds up a small, glistening figure

It's supposed to be a bird. I think it's becoming something else though. They always do.

What do you want? I'm kind of in the middle of something and the window for... freshness... is closing.