badger bugger

The Badger.  I gave it to some guy at the old Duck and Dive-- if I remember correctly he was complaining about doing dangerous work for some secret government agency.  So he's either crazy or very important.  Or both.  A badger, all the way. 

Here's the badger pre-firing-- with a copper ball in his arms and a crow on his head. 

 

Badger people are obviously tough and tenacious. That's the badger's most public quality:  they can be difficult.  They have a tendency to be evasive and secretive.  And grouchy.  To get to know a badger, one has to be like the badger and dig dig dig.

 

If you can deal with a badger long enough you might find that they have a knack for storytelling.  I've read native American myths where badgers are referred to as Story Keepers.  

 

If your the one who got the badger, you should probably keep talking, keep working, keep snarling.  Keep scraping away.  Do it with courage and purpose.  And look up out of that dark tunnel once in a while.

 

So there you go grouchy secret government guy, keep growling!