[Siffrin, miraculously, did catch the warning about bringing a facial covering to collect those spores! Their solution was borrowing a bandanna from someone in town, which is all well and good, but...]
[They head to the edge of the forest early, carrying the bandanna in their teeth, and planning to use the extra time to figure out how to tie it onto their face. Unfortunately, Shinx limbs really aren't meant to maneuver like that around the back of their head. And they don't have thumbs! They hate not having thumbs! If they still had thumbs this would be easy! But the ends of the bandanna keep slipping out of their paws, or getting caught on their claws when they try to shove them into a knot, and -]
[When Firoza shows up, they give her a resigned look. They feel embarrassed to ask for help with this aloud, but they visibly need it.]
For Firoza (Less is Spore)
[They head to the edge of the forest early, carrying the bandanna in their teeth, and planning to use the extra time to figure out how to tie it onto their face. Unfortunately, Shinx limbs really aren't meant to maneuver like that around the back of their head. And they don't have thumbs! They hate not having thumbs! If they still had thumbs this would be easy! But the ends of the bandanna keep slipping out of their paws, or getting caught on their claws when they try to shove them into a knot, and -]
[When Firoza shows up, they give her a resigned look. They feel embarrassed to ask for help with this aloud, but they visibly need it.]