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“Are you finished? Let me see.”
You step back and show Zaj your piece of crockery.
<span class="mu-b">”I took inspiration from birds to make the handles. If I knew how to sculpt I would have made them look more like feathers thought...”</span>
“You know we are using these for simple water and grain jars, right?”
<span class="mu-b">”O-Oh.”</span>
“Haha, that is quite alright Akule. You will have the prettiest water jug of them all. And look at that form- you even made the pieces thicker at the weak spots so as to avoid breaking in the firing process- what a clever lad.”
<span class="mu-b">”Thanks.”</span>
“I can tell a lot from a man by what he can create, and what he does. Over this last year, we've really got to know you, Akule, the Mainlander. And so, as such, I want to formalize my invitation.”
<span class="mu-b">”Hmm?”</span>
“To join my family. To become an Anak. I want to adopt you.”
<span class="mu-b">”But I'm... a fully grown adult. We aren't even related?!”</span>
“So? Out here, you have no family, and based on what you told me, you have little to no family back home either. So why not join another? If there be an old woman with no one, why not take her and let her knit sweaters in your warm home. If an orphan child is living on the street, why not take them under your wing and raise them? The blondes have always done such things and always will.”
<span class="mu-b">”I mean, this seems like a big deal... Aren't I a runaway fugitive? How can we even get this legalized in writing?”</span>
