The One Went Up in Flames
In the midst of the turmoil, I revealed the truth calmly.
I had suspected for a long time that Bonnie was stealing my thoughts and ideas, so I hired a private investigator to look into him.
The investigator discovered that Bonnie had something called the Creativity Pillaging System.
The system he mentioned is a tool that can ignore physical distance, reach directly into my mind, steal any fully formed artistic concept, and convert it into his own work.
On its own, the explanation sounded absurd.
However, when compared to his total collapse, his own monologue, and the painting's critical defect, it was the only logical answer.