#eventually around age 3-4 he was left at a nearby monastery to be raised as a foundling

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#own art #own characters #CanisAlbus #art #artists on tumblr #Machete #anthro #sighthound #dogs #canine #animals #comics #cw emetophobia #cw vomit #the kid had that gremlin look right from the beginning #featuring even earlier even droopier ears this time #Machete was born a runt and was frequently very ill when he was young #his parents weren't wealthy and his ailing health was putting a lot of strain on the family #eventually around age 3-4 he was left at a nearby monastery to be raised as a foundling #ironically the silver lining is that monks were way more knowledgeable about medicine and herbs and diseases than your average citizens #throughout the middle ages it was monasteries that served as hospitals things didn't start to get secular until early modern age #so he was well taken care of there at least