Runaway to the Stars: Page 212 (Patreon)

I get peeved when people call these tusks because then they ask me why Talita doesn't cut them off or sand them down. While they're growing, that would be like sanding down your elbow. After they've grown, most of the length still has blood in it. (Not that this has stopped homeplanet centaurs from drilling holes in them and etc., but it would definitely stop Talita.) The misc over-long tangent I decided to leave off this page is that many of the Biing islanders put their growing antlers inside a form to make them curved. This has its origin in them using their antlers to make fish hooks, but it has taken on a life of its own as cultural tradition. The more curved your antlers are, the more status you have (particularly in young marriageable males).