The Master's Child
She leans in close, watching intently.
James draws horizontals connecting the radiating lines, then verticals from those. Working quickly and easily, he draws with swift economical strokes, and before our eyes, a pale ghost of Kirstie and Ryan's mill appears in outline: first walls, then roof, then lightly marked windows and doors. Beside the building, he traces a series of sinuous lines, apparently crude, but nonetheless, they convey a river running by.
He has talent...
Or, more likely, training and learned skill...
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