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Playing #DwarfFortress and kept getting attacked by giant Cardinals, so I felt inspired to do a quick sketch of this particular moment. Poor dwarf kids, always playing make-believe outside...


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Dwarf Fortress - Playing #DwarfFortress and kept getting attacked by giant Cardinals, so I felt inspired to do a quick sketch of this particular moment. Poor dwarf kids, always playing make-believe outside...

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Uploaded Dec 22, 2022 at 02:20PM EST

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