This is lovely and brought tears to my eyes as I read. I love the statue Luna made of Dean - I could see it and all of Luna's work quite clearly. The image of Millicent as gargoyle is an intriguing concept that both displays truth and hides it: granite-seeming paint that disguises soft flesh and the vulnerable heart hidden behind interior granite walls. Leave it to Dean's artist eyes to see that in imperfection lies humanity and beauty, and patiently, using nothing more than paper and charcoal, find a way through those walls. Beautiful idea, beautifully written - Lucky Lash! :-)