This is Moose!

We got the luckiest pair of dogs ever.

I jump-scared myself with a Blueprint graph I had forgotten about

And here's the source of the custom node. 3/3

Here's the Material Function, with one custom node inside it. 2/3

I've implemented mesh-slicing, which stretches the inside of the mesh but not its edges. 1/3 #unreal

Advice on dynamically slicing meshes, like a 9-sliced sprite? Meaning to stretch the middle of it horizontally/vertically while leaving the tips alone. This is for a game idea with procedural levels.
Right now I'm thinking Vertex Colors -- Red for mask, Green for stretch interpolant, Blue for axis.

Some photos of my Indian Ringneck Parrot, Tali.