This wasn’t at all like his usual work assignments, a handful of days at most. Temmins had been at work on this fellow for nearly two weeks. He smiled at the thought. Two weeks! What fun it had been.

He tweaked another bamboo stalk, smiling. Yes, this really had been quite the enjoyable experience. Very little could spoil it now. Not even the incessant alarms and clamor of footfalls outside could deter Temmins from enjoying this time with his work and with his greatest subject. He would enjoy knowing this man’s name. Something to truly honor and remember him by.