<strong>Hector Cobblepot, startled but the sudden appearance of Valerie</strong><br/><br/>Hector hadn’t really expected an answer to come to him. Why should he? Normally he was passed over as the odd painter in the corner or the man who seemed to be collecting slaps in the playground from some of he lovely ladies thought he guessed that few people knew that it was not actually him, at least so to speak, that was doing the asking. Still he was quite surprised when a lovely young woman came forth, surprised that he had been living to her and had no clue she was there. He found it hard to contain his happiness that someone actually knew his name though he hadn’t met them.<br/><br/>“She tried to sneak into our shop?” Demetri spoke suddenly in a hushed tone but he was silenced with Hector smacked him self across the face suddenly, shaking the pebbles loose in his frazzled brain but they quickly fell back into their places and he regarded Valerie once more, nodding.<br/><br/>“Quite alright miss, I am sorry that I have not been around much to show off the place. I have been working very hard a few new pieces and on finding new subjects.” Hector paused for a moment as he seemed to study Valerie in a different light before he shrugged and spoke once more. “Actually if I might be so bold and you are not in any sort of hurray or having prior obligations, I would be happy to pull back the curtain and let you be the first to see my wares. I must warn you though that I tend to paint rather…ummm… well…”<br/><br/>“We paint erotic art dear woman, bold and daring. There are images within that might not be pleasing to all.” Blake’s smooth, even tone took over, straightening Hector’s normally hunched for to make him appear more appealing and upstanding than he was.<br/><br/>Hector blinked, lost for a moment on where he was and why he was suddenly standing so prim and proper. Shrugging the fog away, he glanced at the woman before him before nodding to his shop. “Come along and have a look if you so desire. I have been trying to decide when to open my shop and it would be nice to get an opinion of someone on my art…”<br/>