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[Ninetales stares out at the distance beyond Mount Freeze, leaves waving in the harsh winds at this altitude.
Noticeably, one of her tails has curled around the discarded artificial flowers.
Slowly, but surely, the plastic turned to celluose, the fabric turning to petals. Before long, the flowers had gone from fake to real.
"They are like these flowers," Ninetales says, shaking her head, as she plants them in the frozen soil. "The harshness of the world means they don't survive long. They are doomed to die, to lose everything."
"And yet..." Ninetales says, as she plants the second to last flower, a chrysanthemum. "They bloom anyways. Why?"
She curls the tail holidng the last flower, holding it up to her snout.
It was an ordinary cornflower. Aside from the fact that it was once plastic, there was nothing special about it.
A bit of crunching snow can be heard, as the camera inches closer to Ninetales.
She turns around, and looks at the camera, eyes narrowed. "Deino, were you videoing me?"
"Huh?" a voice says, coming from behind the camera. "Oh, yes! I wanted to try it out! Can I post it to that website thingy you go to on here a lot?"
Ninetales sighs. "I care not what you do with the video, but I have a task for you."
"Really?" Deino asks. "What is it?"
"Take this cornflower to somewhere it might survive, and plant it," she says.
"Ok!" Deino said. "Is this a trial to help prepare me for becoming Voice of Life? Also, can I post the video first?"
"No, I..." Ninetales begins, before shaking her head. "It is a personal task. And you may post the video before doing this task."
"Ok! Thank you, master Ninetales!" Deino says.
The video ends.]