A fantasy novel about a non-binary artist (and their rebellious older sister) in occupied Hwaguk, who is forced to go work for the occupying Razanei military and their painted automata.

Assorted points I enjoyed: * non-binary protagonist! other non-binary folks in the world! * fantasy technology level at "some amount of electric lights" (+feelings about that being introduced by occupiers) * (over-enthusiastic? snarky?) telepathic friends * theft of local art by occupiers made even more worse by having that be a magical plot point