Darius shook his head and smiled sadly. "I admit I am difficult and odd. You never need to shut up, I enjoy you speaking your mind. Even if I find myself at a disadvantage. Plus, you do not have many you can speak to in town, do you?" He asked curiously towards him. "I'm sure you like to have someone to speak to openly. And I am not such a lesser man I can't taken criticism, even if I have no answer to fix it."

He painted the background and worked on the basic figure and would now and again ask Calliope to pose a body part. More often than not, he'd move back and forth to put it exactly where he wanted and then would paint. "When did you first started to work as a model?" He asked curiously since this man seemed like such a natural.