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[The camera catches a blurry glimpse of green with a faraway backdrop of ocean until it levels to show us
this strange plant, looking rather bald and sorry. There's a heavy sigh and the image quivers again.]
...It's a no-go alright. Ruined. Just look at what that curse made us do. Fine, so it was a thousand times better than the
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[He comes over to gently touch the plant, a calm look on his face.]
You'll be alright. [That's meant for both of them.]
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It's a strong little plant. We sure gave it a hard time yesterday...
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[He gives it another touch then goes about studying it to how he can help it.]
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I was hoping we wouldn't need to cut off any branches of it...
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[Aya smiles to himself and looks over at her.] Most plants are that way. Especially roses. If you don't trim away the old, the new will never come in.
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[She frowns a bit as she glances at the broken limbs the plant ended up with during hers and her best friends' frenzied picking.] Maybe those need to go...
I just hope it doesn't leave it even balder.
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[Aya gives the plant another gentle touch.] Do you have any sheers that I can use?
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[Putting the water aside, Umi hurries around the corner where the little garden shed is and comes back fast with the requested tool. Two of them, in fact.]
Here. You tell me how to go about it.
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...trim away right here. For branches like this one here... [He indicates another.] We'll try binding it with a soft cloth to see if we can encourage it to make the split area new branches.
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So it IS a lot like with the roses. I wonder if Ascot knew...
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It's a lot like that with a number of plants.
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Remember the story behind this one?
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[That's not really true. He does remember. But, he thinks it will help her to feel better to tell him again.]
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