Yet the Earth Does Move

 “Well, okay…” And Edwin peeked out from between his fingers, a tiny grin on his face.  “But when you see it, promise not to laugh, okay? You have to give me your word.”

“Alright, I promise I won’t laugh, no matter what it is.” Edwin’s grin made him wonder if the intent of the art was to make him laugh, but he wasn’t sure yet. He’d have to find out when he got there.

 “Good, good,” Edwin said, and a rather immature giggle escaped him.  “And I hope you like blue~”

 “But - but -” Edwin fidgeted and whined, burying his face in his hands - and coming away with a few paint smudges near his eyebrows in response. “I don’t want arrested!” 

“Oh, c'mon, Edwin. I’m not gonna tell anyone who did it, that’d be ridiculous.” Though he did have to wonder why Edwin would perpetrate such a crime if he was unwilling to face the ramifications of it, which would probably just be a fine rather than an arrest, though it depended on what he put graffiti on. “I’m just gonna look is all.”

 “Well, okay...” And Edwin peeked out from between his fingers, a tiny grin on his face.  “But when you see it, promise not to laugh, okay? You have to give me your word.”

 “Guntraaaaaaaaam,” the industrial-DWN whined, shoving the paint can behind him with one foot as he pouted at his brother. “Of course it’s not bad! At least… I don’t think it is? It’s probably not, I mean…” 

“But if it’s illegal, isn’t it bad?” Guntram asked with a snicker. “Though I should probably go judge the quality for myself, right?”

 “But - but -” Edwin fidgeted and whined, burying his face in his hands - and coming away with a few paint smudges near his eyebrows in response. “I don’t want arrested!” 

 “Because it wasn’t… entirely… legal?”

“Why? Is it bad?” Guntram asked, grinning rather widely.

 “Guntraaaaaaaaam,” the industrial-DWN whined, shoving the pain can behind him with one foot as he pouted at his brother. “Of course it’s not bad! At lest... I don’t think it is? It’s probably not, I mean...” 

 “…Some very attractive ones?”

“And you want to make sure Gordon doesn’t know you did it because…?”

 “Because it wasn’t... entirely... legal?”

 “It…….. may be related to me taking some artistic liberties with… the courtyard in Monstropolis central park…?”

“Really? What sorts of ‘artistic liberties’?”

 “...Some very attractive ones?”

 “Nothing anyone needs to know about!”

“But what if I want to know about it?”

 “It........ may be related to me taking some artistic liberties with... the courtyard in Monstropolis central park...?”

“Well that was a close one… Better hide the blue paint before Gordon finds out…”

“What’s so bad about Gordon finding out about blue paint?”

 “Nothing! At least in terms of the paint. It’s, um… more what I did with the paint?”

“… Well, what did you do with the paint?”

 “Nothing anyone needs to know about!”

“Well that was a close one… Better hide the blue paint before Gordon finds out…”

“What’s so bad about Gordon finding out about blue paint?”

 “Nothing! At least in terms of the paint. It’s, um... more what I did with the paint?”

"Yes, hello!" Gravity offered a cheerful wave to the sibling he’d  never met, and smiled brightly at him. "You’re… Freeze, right? Hey - hey, have you ever frozen a balloon? What happens to it can we try it and see?"

"Yes, hello!" Gravity offered a cheerful wave to the sibling he'd  never met, and smiled brightly at him. "You're... Freeze, right? Hey - hey, have you ever frozen a balloon? What happens to it can we try it and see?"