Relationship With Animals
In the eyes of a gnome, animals are people too. The close relationship gnomes have with nature rivals that of the elves. Gnomes befriend their animal neighbors and often invite them to live indoors in exchange for service. Cages, leashes, or restraints of any kind are barbaric and distasteful.
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