Wait! Wait! Don’t move! I wasn’t planning on hurting you, I swear!

Ink covered his mouth in surprise, he hadn’t meant to speak, and now he’d blown his cover. He didn’t want to scare you, as you were the most beautiful creature he’d ever seen. He dropped his paintbrush into the sand, but currently, that was the least of his worries.

Ah, please don’t be scared! I’m sorry, I didn’t want to frighten you! All I wanted to do was paint you, I’m almost finished! Did you want to see it?