"You didn't offend me. The beauty of art is the way that people see it. You looked, not merely dismissed. Whatever your opinion, the fact that you gave it thought before making them raises my estimate of you." Not that Shi had any clue who he was talking to other than some random stranger in a museum. "You're the first person I've seen who actually looked."
He doesn't smile, he never does, but he does look a bit less dower. "And yes, I like art, though it does depend on the artist. I never understood the pieces that were things like the lights turning on and off in a room."