(why is there no pachyderm option in the species menu hhhg)

Okay so I meant to submit this way sooner, my computer is actually not working at the moment and I've sent it away to a technology-savvy friend of my dad's to see if he can fix it.

So first-off, I have to say that this is something I painted up for Sin. a few weeks ago, when she first told me that her grandfather was in the hospital in critical condition. As some of you know, she's become a serious close friend of mine over the years I've spent here, and since we live so far away, it was killing me that I couldn't comfort her in person. So instead, I did this. Becca told me that her grandfather had a sharp memory and was very stubborn, which gave me the idea to use elephants instead of people. Originally I had finished this before learning that her grandfather had passed, so the green background was a very subtle suggestion of hope that he might pull through.

Anyway, I had a lot of fun painting this up, and I mailed it to her along with a little note, and she absolutely loved it. She and her grandfather were very close, and the whole thing's been really hard on her, so it felt good to know I could help to brighten her mood even just a little bit.

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