#I vaguely recall Abe having to steal a lovetie off of a dead Mudokon in order to pass as them

[marshmalleaux-queen]

I had a dream a few years ago (though I only drew this today) about a tradition among Mudokons called "loveties" (pronounced love ties), which were trinkets that certain Muds shared when they had formed an intensely close bond with one another. It could be romantic, platonic, spiritual, any kind of bond, but gifting a lovetie symbolized that they were closer to each other than to anyone else and it couldn't be any stronger...basically soulmates. It also showed that a Mud was already "spoken for," in a sense (though now that I think about it, I...don't know if that makes a lot of sense for the universe. but it still sounds nice to me dfkjg)

Loveties took all kinds of different forms but were always handmade by the gifter. The one I saw someone wearing in the dream was a tooth on a thin leather necklace (like in the picture), but I wanted to come up with more designs, so I did a bracelet and an ear cuff. I figure loveties would generally be made with stuff like wood, stones and animal hides, but I also thought it would be interesting if they incorporated the gifter's own feathers. I think it would be a really meaningful/intimate thing, giving someone a piece of themselves.