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Aang! I bought us a herd! Do you want to help me train them?

Edit: I can't believe I forgot to ask you this, but it slipped my mind that you're an earthbender! Will you make a mountain for them?

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Hello crew! I noticed we don't have anything domesticated in the giant garden . . . area, place, so I used my money from Stacy to buy some livestock. Aren't they cute?

[The picture accompanying the message is of a couple of some medium-sized animals, looking an awful lot like sloths, but four feet tall at the shoulder and with long, light fur. The fur appears translucent white, except where it appears to be lit from within in electric shades of purple and orange. All of the animals' bioluminescence is in more or less the same, jagged pattern in the photo.]

The breeder on XaXing said the females will produce eggs and milk when they reach maturity in a few months, like a platypus bear. That gives me enough time to train them to be milked. Does anyone want to help take care of them? They're very gentle, but not quite as restful as sloth-bats, so it would help if they were socialized in playing with humans and other speaking people.

Oh, and I was talking to someone about shearing animals to weave their fur before! What was your name again? You need to come by and meet the herd. Their wool is beautiful. You can make wonderful blankets out of it, and they're close to needing a shearing.

Also, I brought back this special fungus that they need to keep making the colors in their fur like they do. Can anyone help me start a crop to keep in their diet? It sounds kind of unnecessary, but they communicate by changing the patterns of their color, so actually it would be really great for the health of the herd if somebody who's a gardener would cultivate it on the ship!

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A lot of animals don't like me a whole lot, and I'm no good with farming, but the Chancellor also bought some animals. We're building enclosures and stuff for them. I recommended you as someone who might be able to help.

You might want to talk to him about combining efforts. Especially since he's thinking of doing some farming to get food for his herds.

Oh, and when you get time, there's someone you ought to meet.

Thank you! I'll look for him.

Who's this other person I should meet?

Her name is Inara. Calls herself a 'companion', whatever that means. I think you two would get along.

I think I should meet her, then. We could be good friends, you know?

Maybe you can help me build a little mountain for the glowsloths? If you're not too busy with other things. Their usual habitat is on mountains.

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Never too busy for you, babe. I'll try and get hold of Inara, maybe the three of us can do dinner or something.

And sure, I'm working on a construction project for the Chancellor to close in his animals, and I have a quick way to build at least the basics of a fake mountain. I'll show you when we get back together. We'll see what we can do for your glowsloths... though you might want to keep them away from me til their place is ready. A lot of herbivores don't like my kind much.

Because of the spirit-wolf thing? That's all right. I like you enough for all seven of them.

Now that I think of it, Aang could probably make a mountain for them easily. It slips my mind that he's an earthbender as well as an airbender!

Good to hear. Yeah, the wolf thing, some animals don't like it so well. But yeah, I can help the two of you build a mountain, sure.

Um...you're not gonna eat them when they run out of eggs and milk are ya?

I do not raise animals to be eaten. I'm an Air Nomad - we don't even eat meat ourselves.

My kinda people. When you've literally been most the animals that people eat it kinda turns ya away from being a carnivore ya know?

I understand.

Do you want to help me take care of them? Or at least come and play with them sometimes?

Sure! I've always had a way with animals~

Maybe I can even figure out how to turn into their species...whatever they're called.

The breeder called them . . . hang on, I wrote it down.

Xentholoids.

I might just call them Glowsloths.

Yeah see, glowsloths sounds much cooler if you ask me. A Xentholoid sounds like some kind of evil killer robot or something.

I don't know what a robot is, but none of these guys are evil or killers. They're big fluffy sweethearts with soft fluffy bellies, yes they are.

[Insert unintelligible cooing noises here.]

What exactly are they?

I could tell you what they're called, and what planet they're from, but would that make it more clear what they are?

They're domesticated herdbeasts. The females will produce eggs and milk when they reach maturity, and their wool can be shorn to make cloth. I bought enough males to start a breeding population, if they like the ship enough to breed here. They're a little nervous with the moving right now, but I think once I can get someone to help me build a mountain for them in the big garden room, they'll feel right at home.

They sort of remind me of sloth-bats, but without the wings. They talk to each other by changing the light patterns on their skin, underneath their fur, so I'm calling them glowsloths. It's easier for me to remember than the name I got from the breeder on XaXing.

If that doesn't answer your question, you can come and meet them sometime. I don't think they're as smart as the air bison I'm used to breeding, but they're social creatures, so the more crew members they meet, the better!

It does, actually, though it makes me want to see them in person at the same time. What kind of help were you looking for as far as mountain building?

Are you an earthbender? If you are, that would be great!

They're actually mountain creatures - see the hands? They're for gripping cliff faces and climbing out of the reach of predators. I don't think I have to worry about predators very much here, but a nice big rock to play on and sleep on would make them feel safe and secure.

Earth breaker more than bender. Is that some kind of skill-set where you're from?

That makes sense, yes. Things seem to regulate well in hydroponics, if that might be the ship doing it.

Maybe you should show me. It could be we're talking about the same thing, or not at all.

It's worth making sure, either way. When's good for you? We should probably make use of the sensoriums, reluctant as I am to say that. No unnecessary damage when it comes to demonstrations.

Aye, that sounds grand, but what's a...platey puss bear? Or one of those sloth bats?

I helped with the farming when I was a wee lad, back home. If no-one else offers, I might be able to help some with those funguses of yours, at least to get them planted. I'm not much of a gardener, though.

I'd love to!

And I can make whatever you need for them.

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