Drabble - Anything
Once, in the twilight of his years, Cartier was in his study working when he was approached by an apprentice. The young woman had an air of sleep about her, dressed in sleepwear and with a small clay mug of milk. Cartier was behind his drawing desk, an array of sketches before him in flimsiplast, his gaunt face was shadowed from the glow of screens.
His apprentice waited for a long moment, seemingly content to sip her clay mug of milk, before finally she spoke up, unbidden.
"If you could be anything in the world, what would you be?"
The old master didn't look up.
He didn't even hesitate in his answering.
"In love."
Later, the apprentice, a master herself would recount the tale, of what a person who had everything could possibly want more than anything.
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