"Mmm," said Dean, non-committally, glancing over at Seamus and Dennis. "Seamus seemed to get attacked by an over excitable giant puppy. I decided to steer clear," his tone was clearly aiming to be joking but it missed the mark, although not by much. He imagined the room would be filling with an assortment of people soon and wondered how long he'd end up staying. He did not want to fall asleep here.
He shrugged, he'd abandoned the canvas he'd been working on before she appeared the previous day in favour of a scene of a couple in a garden swinging on a bench together and had got on rather quicker than he expected. "It's not going so badly. A lot of blocking and working out flower positions, searching my books for references, that sort of thing." He yawned again. "Yeah, I really should. I love the inspiration but it's exhausting when I come out the other side."