"Up until very recently, I thought they were all just things I had made up. Artistic imagination. Lots of girls draw things like Elves or fairies or whatever, so it never seemed weird. I thought it was like that for everyone. And if I felt mad or frustrated, it was because I spent so long trying to get it just right, like it was the picture's fault somehow."

She frowned at him.
"Don't you feel the same way when you're tinkering sometimes?"