zeb

Patience, Flyer.
Replies will come in a couple of days, not hours.

I see an obvious informal upright in this tree, but it might be a good idea to put it in a training box like you said to thicken the trunk a bit.
Ofcourse you could also make this into a small literati. Then it wouldn't be necessary to thicken the trunk.

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