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![Sketch of Vivi from FFIX on the piano keyboard, with a duck trinket nearby.](https://padilla-media.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/images/ViviSketch.png)

Started playing a bit of FFIX the other day. Vivi is too sweet.


Vivi Sketch