"Ah, that is the rub, having to choose only a few that are admired," Coco mused, the compliment of her talents leeching some measure of her disguised melancholy away.

"Nevertheless, I am sure that we are all up to the challenge, our hearts and minds primed for the inspiration of beauty and Art. Indeed, I believe you'll have no trouble with this, Wanderer, as I suspect it to be these roads that your heart and mind have often traveled."

No matter what else people might think of her, her metaphors were never in question...even if they were informed after they were first proclaimed.