[SE] with a new tattoo

CHULANE

I smile as she mentions cleaning and cooking tasks, nodding in easy agreement. I could work a knife - I grew up on a farm and was a veterinarian by trade, I was familiar with the preparation of a carcass, from keeping an animal meant for the dinner table alive and healthy to humanely ending their life in a way that means the meat stays tender and fresh. "Can do," I confirm simply, before we move on to another topic, though a strange comfort blossoms within me, a contentedness that somewhere, at least, I was wanted, that I could be useful. It would do wonders to keep my mind ticking over as we navigate this long, dark, cold season ahead.

I was pleased that we were thinking along similar trains of thought with regards to the spider - Buddy, as he would now be known. "Buddy is perfect," I agree, chuckling as the arachnid bathes himself in his little bowl of wine. "Steady on there mate, save some for later," I was bent down to speak directly to Buddy, looking up as Weaver returns to the task at hand.

I follow, returning to my place beside the jugs and barrels, grasping the first one firmly in my workman's hands and obediently commenced pouring. "Hmm," I consider with my deep voice, wondering at what she would be interested to know about me. "Upon entering this world, I learned that I am Attuned. My shift is a clouded leopard - which fits my curious nature, I suppose."

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