Is he blushing? No, that definitely can't be why his cheeks suddenly feel like they've caught fire. It's the first time he's ever made someone laugh without them laughing at him, and it does strange things to his chest.

So when she says she's an artist, he digs a hand into his pocket and produces a pair of pencils, gently used on one end and slightly gnawed on the other. "You can draw curses on the outside of the train," he suggests.