[David knows better than to ask favors like that from people like Rafe, no matter how friendly they are and have been in the near and distant past. Besides, he still has his pride, and he's sunk too much into this godforsaken place to not want to claw his way into a niche he wove from whole-fucking-cloth.]

It's not a gallery.

[He says crisply, picking at one particular seed on his bagel.]

It's...more like an experiment in endorsing sustainable local product- [David explains with a small flourish.] -and supporting regional small businesses by collecting them under a cohesive brand, which is me.