"No, it takes a long time to paint and I don't do it much anymore."
"So, my sister will be your model and inspiration. Pay us money to draw her and you can sell it in Bangkok."
"A portrait is nothing. To make it into art is what takes time and I don't like going through that pain anymore."
"Why have the slides then."
"So they will be with me."
"She would be a beautiful model. This is no common face."
"Yes, but I still have to feel it, or want to feel it."
"You must draw her. You could stay with us while you do it."
"Let me think about it. I've got to go to the bathroom now, adjust my sling, take some pain killers."
"Sure," said the Laotian.