Kronii cuddles are to be treasured in the rare cases they are available.

I have to say, I love her outfit. The full skirt with petticoats is great, especially with how one side is cut away like her base outfit.

Also, goddamn, Kiara in that skirt and those boots? Phoenix Lady is on fire.

Out of curiosity, any idea where on the line it would fall if one were to deliver the raw file in CSP/PSD/whatever format your drawing program uses alongside the finished image, and consolidate all the censorship on a single layer, so that the customer would be able to remove it themselves?

It explores numberous points, the dangers of arrogance, the damage caused by recklessness, the fragility of balance, the power of self knowledge, and the certainty that comes from true understanding that lies at the heart of the world's magic - the magic of true names.

7: A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. LeGuin - Book 1
One of the original 'young magical student coming of age' works, LeGuin's masterpiece of magic explores not only the power of the magic he's learning, but the responsibility that comes with that power, and the consequences that come from using it.

They end up in a mess that requires all of their competences to get out of, and the respect and eventually love that grows from that is a tale on its own. The second half takes them to Aral's homeworld, a recently rediscovered lost colony in the throes of a succession crisis, and the resulting mess.

4: Cordelia's Honor - Lois McMaster Bujold - Omnibus Book 1
The origin story of Bujold's amazing Vorkosigan saga, the tale of how Cordelia, survey captain, biologist, and exploration enthusiast, and Aral, ruthless, competent, sharp military commander meet and clash.

He ends up saving a crippled ANGEL - an AI piloted, unarmed humanitarian aid frame in a spectacular fashion. The rescue and resulting attention lead to a deep look at what it means to be a person, as well as things such as the risks and potential of true AI.

3: Turing Evolved - David Kitson
Jon is an ex-mech combat pilot, drummed out of his unit for refusing to turn a blind eye to others' crimes, and has turned to work as rehabilitation technician one night finds himself and his partner in the middle of a mercenary mech tearing into a warehouse area.

At 14 main line novels, with 2 side 4-book series, the epic tale can drag, particularly if you're not fond of the math and scales that're inherent in things like hard sci fi combat scenes, but if it clicks, it's worth the time.

2: On Basilisk Station - David Weber - Book 1
Take the Age of Sail tale of a competent sailor rising through the ranks with integrity, move it to the scale of the galaxy, and stretch it into an epic of intrigue, conflict, and war, and you've got the roughest of sketches of Weber's Honorverse novels.

Now she's on the run, trying to do one of the few things in war even harder for a custom built war machine than for a normal human: find a life in the aftermath. An exploration of war, intrigue, and what it means to be a person, or to be human, in a world where true artificial life is a reality.

1: Crossover - Joel Shepherd - Book 1
Cassandra was created a GI, a biological humanoid, built for war. Armored muscles that can stop bullets and tear open a bank vault, a bones that can stand up to doing so, and an experimental brain that lets her be more than just a good little machine soldier.

Moving on from the fantasy recs to the sci fi: