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=== People ===
==== Fashion ====
Listeners wear a wide variety of clothing. They are often seen wearing robes,{{book ref|sa4|73}} shirts skirts and coats.{{book ref|sa4|68}} When listeners go out into a highstorm to adopt a new form they often wear loose robes. This is likely so that their clothes don’t get ripped apart during the transformation of their body.{{book ref|Sa4|86}} Their clothes are all made from woven [[narbin]] cloth.{{book ref|sa1|45}} Listener men weave bits of uncut gemstones in their beard, these gemstones come from the [[gemheart]]s of chasmfiends.{{book ref|sa1|36}} Members of each family all wear different gemstones, so a Listener can recognise what family someone belongs to just by looking at the gemstones in their beard.{{book ref|Sa4|73}} They also wear bands on their braids, members of different families also have differently colored bands.{{book ref|Sa4|73}}
==== Relation to Freedom ====
==== Paper ====
The Listeners have their own unique way of making paper. They make the paper from dried [[rockbud]] pulp following a harvest.{{book ref|sa2|i|1}} These rockbuds are native to the unclaimed hills and shattered plains. Their paper is much rougher then human paper and varies in Color. Their paper is also textured and full instead of neat and sterile.{{book ref|WoR|i|4}} They also have a [[Song of Making Paper|song]] describing the process. This ensures that the Listeners never forget how to make it.{{book ref|sa4|45}}
==== Drums ====
The listeners make music using drums. These drums are crude things, made of hogshide leather and wood. The sides of these drums are stamped with crude hand prints.{{book ref|sa1|45}} The listeners often play their drums in a quick rhythm.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} It is likely that the listeners beat the drums to the [[Rhythm]]s.
=== Language ===
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