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Just had to do a redraw of this Marisha pic

cautiously intrigued by the questionably-moral psychic lady with weird dreams

Edit: I made a timelapse! Always forget to add these when I post

He works in a specific craft that isn't about creating pragmatic and useful items. These items are, non-judgmentally, frivolous. And primarily for children! He makes toys. Really, he makes objects whose sole purpose is to make someone happy, objects most often gifts people intend to give to someone else in the hopes they'll be happy.

And he deeply enjoys doing that work. He takes pride in it, and he is openly delighted to be doing it. He takes suggestions made to him very seriously, he carefully listens to what people describe they want. For those in the party who didn't make a request, he makes the decision to assess the way they present themselves and craft something based on that, rather than creating something random. He gives Artana Voe a tiny rocking horse, gives an unnamed guard a wooden coin—there's a generosity in that.

I feel like this is important, that he is someone whose chosen line of work is to create objects without a purpose other than bringing joy. They're objects that are, ultimately, sentimental. For years, centuries, he made objects of sentimentality.

It makes me feel like Chetney must really like people, and that feels especially true after how he speaks to Orym and Imogen and even that man who rented them the horses this week. He must really like sheer concept of people and the way they find small happiness in such things and the way they want to make other people happy. There must be an understanding that all people are sentimental creatures who find meaning in and attach significance to small things, who find happiness in simple things—all simple and small things, from little gifted objects to whatever else it might be.

Matt: I’d like all of you to make a persuasion check.

 Sam: To see if the name sticks?