[Vanis notes the tone for that particular word, the corner of his mouth quirking ever more slightly upward in amused response. Adder would likely have several things to say about that term being applied to him...]
Haha, you flatter me. I'm merely a wandering artist trying to make myself useful.
[It isn't entirely a lie. He is making himself useful, and it is in part by being an artist. But his real purpose comes in the connections he makes via his art, the people who jump at the chance to become his patron and then let slip all sorts of fascinating and useful information around him, all with little more than a few coaxing words.]
In this case, it's more of a matter of practicality than of taste-- my paintings just happen to be quite well-received in the demon realm, that's all.
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Haha, you flatter me. I'm merely a wandering artist trying to make myself useful.
[It isn't entirely a lie. He is making himself useful, and it is in part by being an artist. But his real purpose comes in the connections he makes via his art, the people who jump at the chance to become his patron and then let slip all sorts of fascinating and useful information around him, all with little more than a few coaxing words.]
In this case, it's more of a matter of practicality than of taste-- my paintings just happen to be quite well-received in the demon realm, that's all.