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    "That's..."

    "Dumb?"

    "I was going to say eccentric."

    "That's kind of you," Fai says, good-naturedly. Then, more focused, "Think of it this way, Officer. Even when the winter comes and the world gets cold and buries everything in snow, and all the rest of the plants die, this one doesn't. It won't go. It fucking lives on. It survives."

    His eyes are luminescent, intense, looking for a moment more green than blue as they reflect the pine needles around them. "That's pretty fucking cool, isn't it?"

     

    *** Written for the 2024 KuroFai Olympics
    Team: Modern
    Prompt: Pine/Spruce, hope in adversity

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