Self-sufficiency does have its merits, [Thomas agrees pleasantly, sipping from his drink a great deal more daintily than Jinx. This is his only suit, after all, and even when faced with what appears to be a homicidal madwoman, he quite wants to keep it nice and clean. It will be some time before he's able to afford something of this quality again.]

Would I be correct in assuming that you mean made rather than painted? That you are a woman of, ah... some technical prowess?