“Oh? I’m afraid they’re still too old for me.” She chuckled, already liking Mateo. “Oh please don’t speak to me of older brothers.” She grimaced, she didn’t want to get into that right now, not with such a pleasant conversation. “Ellie? You’re not speaking of Miss. Altieri are you?” She smiled nervously, not willing to ruin a budding friendship with talk of how much she disliked his sister.
“Well we can talk details later.” Lucinda laughed, “I’d have to ask my mother if she wanted it.” She pushed a lock of hair behind her ear. “I am more modest than I might seem, I’d really only pose for a portrait if she wanted it.” It also sounded painfully boring. “I could cast a protection charm on it, if you’d like.” Lucinda said casually, looking back at the sculpture. “Or even make it fly.”
“Hmm, I’m used to spending time with people older than me, I suppose I don’t always think of it the same way.” Since she didn’t want to talk about brothers, and she’d instead asked about his sister, he smirked. “Yes, she is who I am speaking of.” Gossip, coming from a woman in their house called Cass, had filled in the gaps left by Eleonora, who hadn’t mentioned who the argument had been with. While he’d been initially ready to stand by his sister, no matter what, he couldn’t be bothered arguing with Lucinda, who seemed like a good potential friend. “Can’t you tell? Dramatic, Italian. It’s obvious we’re related.”
"You know where to find me." Mateo joked. Modesty was something he did not have, but he didn’t do many self portraits, except as gifts. “Oh, no.” He shook his head when she offered to use magic on it. He was a master student, he’d already put spells on it, but he also knew how destructive people could be, so he didn’t take chances. “If I wanted it to fly, it’d be flying. That’s a rather easy spell. But I may sell it to Muggles, so I will not charm it until I make a decision.”
