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Has a way of putting things that gets under people's skin.

You are addicted to alcohol. You must drink it daily or suffer withdrawal.

Eyes set to see behind as well as ahead. Nothing flanks you.

Takes no comfort from company, however much of it they are given.

Braced for the worst even on good days.

Overlapping bone-cored plates that turn a blade.

A way with animals.

Striking enough that people soften before they have heard a word.

A gift for mending bodies.

Cracks suddenly under loads others carry.

Chews on every setback long after it has passed.

Scale patterning that dissolves against banded rock.

Sees the bright side of everything.

Drops things, knocks things, breaks things.

Keeps their head long after others lose theirs.

Quick, precise hands at the loom and the seam.

Lives half in a better world than this one.

Slow to anger and quick to let things go.

A talent for cooking.

A gift for growing things.

Feeds on company and remembers every kindness.

Cannot turn away from work, and sleeps too little because of it.

Warm with everyone, and slow to think ill of anyone.

Carries a sadness that has no particular cause.

Does it right, however long right takes.

A knack for construction.

Dwells on the worst.

A combustion organ behind the sternum. Exhales fire.

Learns fast from everything they do.

Trusts that things will work out.

Every mood arrives at full strength.

Avoids labor at all costs, and learns little from the work they do.

New skills come slowly, however hard they try.

Even-tempered, and holds it together far longer than most.

A feel for rock and where it will give.

Answers in single words and lets conversations die.

Says the true thing at the worst possible moment.

Enjoys crafting and research.

Keeps their word, and everyone can tell.

Hard on the eye, and used to what that does to a first impression.

Little moves them far from level.

A hollow tail spur that delivers a paralytic.

Moody, and cracks quickly under stress.

Reads the coming weather from pressure and scent, hours ahead.

Always has the right joke at the right moment.