#someone was also cooking with the way they drew jiaoqiu’s hands in quest illustrations

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i have this little headcanon where foxians keep their nails nicely trimmed and taken care of because it’s natural that they grow pointy, almost sharp. not claws, far from it, but not your usual human fingernails either. perhaps because they used to be told childhood tales that if they won’t brush and keep their nails clean, they will turn into scary borisins, sparing their parents some worry about teaching them basic hygiene. by the time they reach adulthood, it’s just a custom to have beautiful hands, especially where you greet visitors and foreign merchants on xianzhou, especially when you work around people. it’s just a prim and proper thing to do.