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Ao by AlphaSpice (https://www.deviantart.com/alphaspice)
Hirogane by RosePhaganax (https://www.deviantart.com/rosephaganax)
Toothed leaves tickled Ao’s nose and muzzle as he gently pulled and pushed the herb out from the ground by its roots, grunting to himself here and there as his claws and teeth worked away, all very carefully. He racked his brain as he worked, knowing the herb was familiar, and he’d certainly seen it before, but alas, could only recall its name--mint. He was unfamiliar with its purpose.
Things had become hard on the young adult ever since Kiona’s disappearance. He had learned very little by the time she was gone; to say the pressing fear of a war with High Mount