Hame

A hame is a badge of honor granted to a healer. It is a cloak made from the pelt of a celebrated healer, usually the foundress of a college or other well-regarded alumna. To have one's pelt made into a hame is the highest posthumous honor a healer can receive, and to be given a hame is the highest honor a living healer can receive, especially if the hame was worn by, or better yet, made of, a saint.

In order to have her pelt made into a hame, a healer has to have lived long enough to retire from actively practicing medicine and regrow her fur. She also has to be sufficiently well regarded upon death for her pelt to be saved for the purpose.

Humans working with yinrih healers were often presented hames as gifts during the initial cultural exchange following the establishment of the Sol-Focus mass router trunk. The humans were initially shocked, but accepted the gifts gladly after being informed that the pelt was given willingly and taken posthumously.