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SO SORRY for late reply '3'

ravah listens without interrupting, head tilted slightly as the girl lays her thoughts bare. she does not speak right away and instead meanders briefly over what she knows and what the girl knows.

then ravah would move without words, rising to press a womanly paw to the edge of the pelt.

you bring it, ravah speaks finely, so already, you know. brain softens and keep hide from cracking. we mix with water. rub in with teeth. stretch while wet. always while wet. to the pelt, ravah gestures. rock not bad, but come too soon and you break breath of the hide.

she lowers her head and points her leather nose toward the slate the girl had mentioned. now. wet it. brain after, then stretch. and as she directs, ravah moves to settle herself with paws folding beneath her.

i tell when to stop. learn by doing.