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valeriannnn · 6 months ago

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I know little of the Keepers and their cultural norms, but I suppose it should not come as a surprise that matters of grooming and personal maintenance should carry a more pragmatic connotation for those who live in such isolation - or perhaps our friend is simply strange, regardless of his context. I must admit: it was no small comfort to me, in those frigid days heralding the twilight of the Dragonsong War, to discover that our champion did not share our Sharlayan intuition toward personal space. Our more guarded companions don't always share my gratitude for the attention, but I believe that after our long estrangement, even the coldest of hearts could not fail to be warmed by such a gesture.

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ok as mentioned in the tags i didnt have time to render a complete scene for this but i found this old mspaint sketch that demonstrates the Vibe. tyagoa just walked up behind him after cleaning up from their meal

#ffxiv #wolcred #wolcred week #wolcred week 2024 #valerianart #caption is alphinaud journal entry #please imagine everyone is making camp and sitting down i simply did not have time to draw the wider context U_U #to be perfectly transparent i am doing the prompts kind of ass backwards and the degree of effort varies #but come sit with me and imagine #we can hold hands if you want #anyway tyagoa does a lot of Fussing post-vault #at the time it's really the only tell that things are. well. you know how things are.#i think little grieving alphie would soak that up like a sponge but it would come as quite the shock to the other returning scions #shtola probably had to set some polite but firm boundaries #but tyagoa would appreciate that #he likes knowing what his friends like #and vhasoa was frequently touch-averse so he doesnt take it as an insult or anything #anyway i think it's a combo of [gestures to heavensward] and the way that traveling through the wilderness with a small group feels like #well #like home to him #that kind of shortcuts through all the Eorzean Social Customs that he's learned to navigate #i hc his tribe as being very casually tactile with each other #to the extent that something like this doesn't even register as intimacy #not to him anyway LOL

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