nothing tastes as sweet as blackberries on a spring afternoon

Unlike her siblings, Gem is fragile. She is... easily impressionable. She wants everyone to like her. To understand her. But that is hard when all of her siblings have strong personalities and she does not. Thankfully she can't see El's features. She can't see how her sister looks away in disgust and how her tense words are a lie. Gem instead chooses to believe it. Her tail gives a gentle wag as she looks up with a smile. "You really think so?" She asks softly, her gaze never leaving her sister as she takes a step back to admire her work. Yes, yes, she liked this! It was shaping up well!

Before she could move back to the painting to finish it, El mentions that some of the color would look good around her eyes. Gem tilts her head slightly with wonder. "Really? We could try?" She asks as she swipes some of the berry-paint in her paw and holds it out to her sister.