The studio is at the top of the house, north-facing, and has not been used since 2001, and the paint on the table has never fully dried.

There is a canvas on the easel under a dust sheet, primed and waiting, and the dust sheet has been pulled back a hand's width on one corner.

MalfoidI have been up here exactly once. I was eleven. I came up, looked at the sheet, and went back down, and I have never been able to say why.

MioneBecause the room wanted you to. That is why. It is not subtle and it has been waiting eight years.