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< Sheroesha | Wingi > Totok Grower of Beans (male, age 21)
    Impatient, hulking, insecure, unintelligent

    Locations: Bean Patch, Eating Hall, Bottom of Waterfall.

    Character: Totok absolutely hates the beans he has been chosen to cultivate. His highest aspiration is to one day become the Maker of Juice, but he's always been ignored. He is upset that Kaila was chosen as the Finder of Fruit, for one must work up to Juice Maker. His tree-trunk legs and large, flat feet cause Totok to destroy more of the delicate bean plants than he is ever able to harvest. Totok talks easily and always refers to himself in the third person. Irrefutable evidence often fails to convince him. He is easily confused and will laugh and slap your back even though he can't understand what you're saying. He is not concerned with Rametep’s attack. Totok is never seen without his beloved pet, a legless iguana he has named Snake. Snakes’ leg wounds have been crudely sewn up. The sight of him disgusts almost everyone on Tep. He tells everyone that for Snake's sake he should be promoted to Maker of Juice, for Snake hates the beans. How could the village watch a helpless animal suffer? Nobody buys it, however. Snake can’t get enough of the sweet beans (which are actually quite tasty). If asked about Snake's lack of legs, Totok only mumbles something about "Snake ran away once..." and moves on.

    Description: Totok is short and bulky. His giant muscles give him a rounded, lumpy appearance. Matted hair, a wild uni-brow, and a goofy, toothy grin frame Totok's bulging, confused eyes. His enormous arms end in wide, stumpy fingers, and his tree-trunk legs are supported by large, flat feet. On his broad back is a beautiful tattoo of a sea turtle. The fins end above his shoulders and down his legs, and the head wraps around his neck and down his chest like an elaborate necklace. Totok has a bad case of chronic dirtiness, so parts of the tattoo are often obscured. It looks as though Totok has worn the same dirty loin cloth for several years; it is too small for him, and OR

      "Totok is so tired of these stinky beans!"
      "Snake just can't eat any more beans! Just look at Snake's sad, sad face..."
      "Ha-ha, you are so tiny... puny like beans..."
      "Maybe Rametep will want Totok's beans."
      "Is Rametep STILL here?"
      "Why? Why do they laugh at Tohhhhhtok?"

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