‘It’s okay, take your time’ helps young students, including those with additional learning needs, understand anxiety alongside their caregivers and educators. I designed the character 'Bean' to be lovable, emotive, and free of identity labels (like gender or age) that might limit relatability. Simple facial features offered endless possibilities, long stretchy limbs allowed for exaggeration, and a hint of blush added a little life. Bean's testing showed a solid outline was important for visually impaired children. Bean's soft round shape is comforting and huggable, and a subtle pencil texture adds an imperfect child-like quality. With 72 variants needed in two weeks, Bean also had to be efficient to illustrate, and straightforward for future illustrators to reproduce.