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Standing on tip-toes? That's got to be a "well-'ard" guard!

unless... that pad under him is a pit that he is hovering over ;)

oh definitely not! That's just a mat he is standing on and he doesn't want to make it grubby.

could be so, that's an intuitive sketch, unplanned outcome,open for interpretation :)

thought of actually issuing a booklet with these graphics?

some day... perhaps.