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[cambium]

They are paper flowers meant to represent the real thing.

[ In case Mayoi cannot tell the difference between paper and plant. ]

Do you understand the meanings behind these flowers...?

[rottencactus]

[He will... he will take those from him, if Lark will let them go, and look them over with quiet curiosity.]

...Yes. I am familiar with flower language. Such things will differ by culture, but certainly with this sort of care ...there is a message to be had.

[What did he get, Lark-san.]

[cambium]

[ He got... (reading peace's tag) "he wasn't sure how to 'package' it but it's going to be (reading bella's tag) a paper flower bouquet made of origami paper and gift tissue... 'jasmine and chamomile entwined together, drawing the eye through the brimming white of the cosmos, the dark pops of violet-blue of the hepatica blossoms, the cheery pink of the nerines adding color to the bouquet'. it isn't perfectly made, but it's charming because of that." ]

[rottencactus]

[Ah ...Mayoi smiles very softly as he recognizes several of the flowers. He thinks he knows who this might be from.]

...I see.

[He gives an exasperated sigh while holding the flowers very close.]

Such grand gestures are surely too muuuuuch for a creature like me to haaaandle... ah, what am I to do...?

[Shamelessly he will wipe at his eyes a bit and regard Lark with a small smile.]

Are you curious...? About the language of flowers.

[cambium]

[ All that emotion from a handful of papers... ]

Admittedly... I am. So much can be said with a single object. One does not even need to be able to read. That is remarkable.