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It was a NYC skyline/beach combo.
And yeah, give me a second.

[ Clary takes a significant amount of pictures (and has saved lots that were sent to her) so it really does take a little bit for her to find one. But eventually, Max gets a picture of Clary's old apartment in the Up, one wall almost completely covered in a semi-abstract mural of the New York City skyline and one of the beaches up there. ]

wow. that's gorgeous.
can i ask how you did it all? i mean, i'm no expert, but it looks like it would take a lot of work.

I mean, it definitely does, but I'm also really bad at getting totally lost in the art when I do it.
I've seriously lost entire days while drawing or painting. Even forgotten to eat on multiple occasions.
I just put on music and let whatever tools I'm using take control.

that sounds borderline dangerous. but also really rewarding.
i can't really make art, but i would get that feeling from riding my bike sometimes.

I'm glad you have something that gives you the same thing.
Everyone deserves that, honestly.

yeah, they do.
i didn't realize it was something i'd been missing as much as i was.

Do you have a bike here?

no. i've been working on trying to get the parts together to build one, though.

[ she has since this point received one as a belated gift, though, so at some point clary will get an offer to take a ride with her. ]

Well if there's anything I do to help, let me know.
I'm not super familiar with building them, but I'm happy to buy parts or whatever.

you don't have to help me with that. i appreciate the offer, though.
would you be interested in taking a ride once i finally get it built?

Yeah, absolutely.
I've only ever been on a bike once.

[ And that was definitely not a regular ride. ]

Maybe you could even teach me to drive it sometime.