*Sigh*

I got an earful again today...

But I should jot down what Mr. Yukihira said while it's all still fresh in my head.

He didn't say much about my composition today, but he did point out a lot about my lack of accuracy.

So I guess I can feel happy about the overall composition of my drawing.

Oh, what's this...?

It's from Kanade.

She's done working on that demo she told us about the other day? I'm guessing this means we're all gonna head over to SEKAI to listen to it...

Let's see... We're meeting at...

<Mizuki has work, so I'd like for us to meet in three hours or so.>

Hmm... There isn't much N25 stuff for me to work on at the moment, so I guess I could draw something for practice to review what we did today.

Alright!

In terms of composition... Yeah, this looks like a good spot.

There's time until we have to meet, so I'll just try to draw what I can.

Come to think of it, this lake never has any waves. Is it because there's no wind?

I bet it'd look really pretty if there were reflections of the sky or some mountains on the surface.

To be fair, that'd be really hard to draw.

But so is this since it isn't like a real lake.

Oh, but I can't just go for something superficial...

I have to capture this place's atmosphere. I need to show what it feels like here...

(I could've sworn that someone came over to SEKAI just now... Was I imagining things...?)

(It's not like I have anything else to do, so I guess I'll draw something...)

Oh...

...

Phew...

This is coming along pretty nicely.

All that's left is...

Whoa...!

Oh, Rin, it's you...

You suddenly sneaking up next to me like that made me jump.

I didn't just suddenly appear...

I was drawing over there until now.

Wait, you were just over there...?

Why didn't you say something?

Because you seemed really focused.

More importantly, I wanna see what you were drawing.

Okay, but it's still a work in progress.

Here, take a look.

...

Those steel beam things are so hard to draw. Not only is getting the texture right a pain, but so is the depth.

Wow...

Huh?

I don't really know much about drawing, nor do I know what's hard to draw... But...

This lake feels so gentle...

I kinda like it...

Is something wrong?

I feel like I should be asking you that...

You're being really honest today for some reason.

Are you saying that I'm usually grouchier?

I didn't say that...

I was thrown a little off guard is all...

...

It's this drawing...

I think it made me want to speak more openly...

What...?

For example, this line...

It looks like you drew and redrew it because you weren't happy with how it looked.

While this curved line looked like it was gently and carefully drawn...

It's clear that you put a lot of effort into this, Ena.

I think that's why it made me want to say something positive...

If it made you feel that way, Rin, then I guess it really does have that effect...

So, thanks.

You're welcome.

Anyway, what's the time?

I'm supposed to meet Kanade and the others here.

You are?

Remember that demo we all listened to the other day? No, wait... You and Miku haven't heard it yet. You two were with Mafuyu that time, right?

We didn't that time, but Kanade let us listen to it a little while after...

I wanna hear what's changed, so I'll come with you.

Sure, why not?

I'm sure Kanade will want to hear as many different opinions as she can.

And it's just about time, so let's go look for them.

Okay...