"Yes," he responds. "But I'm also in a portrait."

"Do you... like being in a portrait? Would you rather not be in a portrait?"

"It could be more convenient, in some ways, yes."

"Would it be less convenient in others?"

"It's quite handy to be able to move to my other portraits from here," he says. "Not enough I'd pick it over being able to walk around and use floo, but enough that it's not as bad as it could be."

"...okay. Okay I'm gonna—figure out a way to fix that."

"… I'm not sure how you plan on going about that," he says, looking slightly amused. "And have you never spoken to a portrait before?"

"No, I'm muggleborn, and I don't have a plan yet I'm eleven and school starts next month but I'll figure it out."

"Ah."

"Do you think it would be better if people stopped making portraits?"

"I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"Because I rather think I'd prefer being in a portrait over nothing at all. In addition to the fact it'd be a horrible fuss."

Anthony raises an eyebrow.

"Would it be better if people made portraits and figured out how to make portraits walk out of their frames?"

"For us, most likely yes. It'd be a rather large change, though…"

"Yes!"

"You may also have noticed I'm a portrait. I didn't study portraiture, and I don't know if it is in fact feasible to allow us to walk out of our frames."

"I can do anything I set my mind to!"

"… You can certainly try," is the response from the man in the portrait. "Was that all?"

"Yes I think so. Thank you!"

Off he goes.

"I, uh – hope he wasn't too… brusque?"

"Hmm? No, he was fine, why?"

"He's just – it's nothing, really, he's been pretty good lately."