machitka

[strange elk]

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[compact quartz]

Préparer is a transitive verb, it means to prepare/ready someone/something.
You will need an object to make it a complete sentence. Here, it is the reflexive pronoun te. Se préparer = to prepare/ready oneself = to get ready.

[tacit harbor]

préparer needs a direct object like « tu prépares tes valises ? » so if you are preparing yourself, i.e. getting ready for something, you use the pronominal version « tu te prépares (I’m getting ready) ». Literally ‘I prepare myself’.

[empty bone]

Merci

[whole vigil]

Since the others didn't mention it:
'Ou' means 'or', while 'où' (with the accent) means 'where'.