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Vervain peered out of the kitchen window. The sun was rising later and later every morning, and so was Jaden. Ver didn't mind if their housemate wasn't a morning person, when it was time for chores, or working in the orchard and gardens, Jaden was right there beside them, working just as hard. Jaden also did the bulk of the care for their shared livestock, the fluffy green kitsu had a way with the lallabaa, as well as a passion for working with their fluffy, sof...

Another day, another project to start. The summer was coming to an end and the air was starting to feel crisp, especially in the mornings. Jaden had wanted to make a gift for Vervain for a long time now, had picked and brushed and cleaned and carded and drafted and spun and spun and spun until they had three skeins of beautiful green wool yarn. The color coming from a mix of blue and sparkly yellow wool. It had taken Jaden a long time to get the blend just right...

Jaden sat down heavily into a comfortable chair, letting the big canvas bag of wool fall to the wayside for the moment. That encounter with Sunshine had made them very nervous, anxious and worried. Though it really wasn't so bad in the end, they reflected. What had they really been worried about all this time? They would have to make sure to continue to be gentle with the sparkly baa in the future. Now, in their workr...

There was so much to do and there was so little time to do it in. Wasn't that always the way of things? Of course time ticked on no matter what you were doing, sometimes quickly and others slowly. Very slowly. Like watching grass grow, or in this case, wool. Jaden made their way out into the pasture to tend to the combined lallabaa flock, their own and also the ones that Vervain kept. The two of them together took car...