@smudgedhorizon: oh my. If you think anything I say is useful, or could be sometime, please feel free.
@Kuraudo: to quote Joyce - in the hypothetical - re those recipes (although he didn't refer to cookery, it's my chief vice after cats): yes I said yes I [would] Yes.
... also you would, really, love Seanan McGuire; several of her characters are Kitsune. I can't recall that you've read her? If not, and you might want to, do start at the beginning and go through them chronologically your first time through, the story arcs are definitely worth it.
@Britte: lovely big bruisers, aren't they? Born ratters I think . Have a lovely weekend! If I can find a Cu Sidhe (Dog Fae) I'll bring him or her over here too.
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