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I have consulted my poll and cats are the winner (after a hard-fought contest with math and ticky boxes), so here is a picture of Kosmas:



I have loved many cats in my life, but I think Kosmas is the first to decide that I am their specific favorite human. When I work from home, he sits on my lap (as shown here) or beside my desk. His most adorable, though not his most convenient, trait is a fondness for sharing my pillow. He'll ask to be let under the covers, then turn around until our heads are side by side and I'm cuddling him like a teddy bear. It's lovely to wake up to a soft, steady purr. It's less lovely when I'm having trouble finding a comfortable position and half the space is claimed by an enthusiastic orange tabby. In extreme cases, I've resorted to a decoy pillow.

I brought Gennoveus home this evening! He is approximately two years old, purrs very loudly, and has a name taken from an inscription found in early medieval Brittany (in one of hrj's articles).

The barony's submitting a badge with a person on it. Official heraldic submissions are supposed to use Crayola markers, since they have predictable colors and stand up to being mailed all over the country. But your basic pack of Crayolas doesn't have a shade for "Caucasian human proper".

I waffled between a pack of "multicultural" Crayolas and the extravagance of a six-pack of Copics in various flesh tones, and ended up with the latter. They are extremely satisfying.