Caelum smiled as the girl introduced herself… [i] "I'm Pearleane Pompaque. You can call me Pearleane though." the girl started, "Before you say it, yes, my initials are PP, please don't tell everyone that though." [/i] Caelum nodded, pressing two fingers against her lips to suppress a giggle. Pearleane reminded Caelum of her mother’s friends, full of wit and unashamed.

[i]"What are- were, you drawing?” [/i]

Caelum smiled and reached for her sketchbook. Setting it on her lap she opened it back up to the page she had just been working on, it was easy to find as the pencils were being used like bookmarks. The white pages, sturdy hot press watercolor paper, revealed the outline of the train as it sat in the station, proportions and perspective nearly perfect. Pearl might recognize that it was the very same view of the Hogwarts Express that anyone would see as soon as they emerged through the secret passage that lead into nine-and-three-quarters. Everything was in it’s proper place, pillars and the platforms edge, there were people milling about the train but they were a quickly shaded blur, and all the detail was on the train itself, which she had just begun to shade. 

“It is not finished yet.” She explained her shortcomings to Pearleane. “What do think so far?