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Things were getting warm outside again, something that Hitomi was thankful for. The desert was in her blood. Despite her layers of clothes and fur, she couldn't stand the cold for long. Neither, she despaired, could her flowers.

She had done her rounds, and barely any of her darlings had survived the winter. Sure, with her help their children would be making their reappearance soon, but it was still saddening to find them hunched over the ground, withered from the cold. She couldn't save them, even if she had tried. It was fighting nature itself. No. She felt joy because if not for her they wouldn't have existed at all.

And now it was that time again. She had a bag in her mouth as she trotted along the open field leading toward the forest, her eyes on the lake near the outskirts. Perfect.

Really, she shouldn't have been so surprised to see another kitsu out here. It was a lovely day. But when Takashi showed up she had to jump a little with surprise. He certainly seemed... cheerful! Feeling a bit weirded out by his enthusiasm, but willing all the same to meet new people, the female lowered her small bag to the ground.

"My name's Hitomi," She introduced herself, a small smile crossing her muzzle as the other inquired into her small garden. "Looking's free."

A small chuckle, and she was picking up her bag again, heading farther into her small garden. She shrugged the large clay gourd from her shoulders, leaving it to thump carelessly in the grass.

"Not at all," Hitomi returned dismissively. It was true- it really was just the first of the days of warmth after a long winter. The bag was set down before her in the grass, allowed to fall open and reveal clusters of seeds nestled deep within. She had begun to reply to Takashi, to say that no flowers had bloomed but had survived the winter. But when she turned there they were.

The girl tried not to look as bemused as she felt, her jaded eyes coming up to really look at Takashi for the first time. Those flowers hadn't been there before. She wasn't a stupid girl, and even stupid girls could put two and two together. It was now a time she debated whether or not she played along with him, and she had never particularly cared for lying to anyone outside of her father.

"Sneak those in under my nose, did you?" She quirked a brow at him coyly. "Alright. Want to show me how you did it?" While she couldn't give him the surprise he must have been keening for, she did offer him a chance to show off.