On the fourth day of Giftmas, Nattie gave to Sophia, a very joyful fluff playing in the snow <3

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Ah, yes Sophia herself is getting a gift as well :)
She receives a very special gift from me as well this Giftmas ^^ What she receives is this, a picture of her fursona Sophia :)
It appears that Sophia is very much enjoying herself in the snow! ^-^
Well, being a snow leopardess herself, I am sure it helps to enjoy the snow x3 <3
She is being very cute I do find c:

This piece has taken the better part of seven continuous hours to make without really much breaks, so I am very much exhausted haha, but I sure do hope she enjoys it :o
From what you'll read below, you'll know Sophia is very special to me, and so, for this very special and personal gift, I took the shot and tried to draw Sophia the fursona, one I find to be very close to Sophia herself ^w^

Sophia herself is a 'new' friend of mine, sure I've known of her account longer, but she only just began watching me recently xD She had a real charge in trying to be friendly with me back in late August and through September and it made me feel much better and feel wanted when she would talk with me, we talked lots and played lots as well. She hasn't really done so since the very beginning of October though :o Even so, I still wait for her for many hours be it in emails, tumblr, or even notes on here. The roleplay still continues of course, I just await her to finally pick back up on her end hahaha. She knows where to find me and contact me for sure by this point. :)

During those two months she and I got pretty close I do feel :) I liked it personally, I hadn't had such a friend who was so involved with me in some time. One who really seemed interested in talking to me too, which was rather nice haha ^-^
Sure I've had other friends dedicated like that, Jan and Tylu come to mind, along with a few others ^^ But they haven't really connected in a while :o But all that aside, back to Sophia herself.

Recently, though I had known for a significant time beforehand of it, she came out as trans and well of course I supported her about it. In all our talks and all she had already revealed this to me, and when she DID officially come out on here it very much reminded me of when I had done so on dA those years ago. How she was responding and seeming afraid, oh it brought me back, it really made me feel for her since I had gone through such a similar experience. So yes, of course I supported her.
After all we went through you REALLY think I wasn't gonna support her? Such a personal understanding with someone really helps in the long run for sure. It makes for excellent friendships. How much she had opened up, and same for me, I find it to be very helpful in our cases. I very much enjoy her deeply personal talks and as said above, she made me feel wanted and that is increasingly rare nowadays for me.

But yes, I feel I could write a story-worth of stuff explaining how I feel about my friend, and I likely would. This IS Giftmas afterall, I tend to open up very much on these special friends of mine on their very special gifts, what I say about them I truly do mean and all, but at the same time I fear you all don't wanna hear about it. So I shall leave this about here for your sakes. I sure hope Sophia reads this through and hears what I say about her... But I do fear her response at the same time D: But ah well, it's out there now.

Best wishes to you my friend, and have a wonderful rest of the year. I do hope you also enjoy the gift here of course, it means a lot to me as well :) So I hope it does to you too ^w^ <3 *gives hugs*

p.s. Please go ahead and check out her gallery, give her some love, and she may even enjoy a nice friendly hug <3  Ben_Whiteclaw

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