There once was a lone monster draped in fox fur.
The monster found a family of foxes, joined them, and they became friends. Pluto or Dottie
The monster lived with the family, day and night, and everyone treated it as one of their own. ٨ﮩ٨ﮩﮩ٨ﮩﮩ٨ﮩ
Once in a while, the monster would take off its fox fur at night, and lament to itself as it gazed at its reflection in the water: he / schy
"I am a monstrosity, yet they are too foolish to see it... I pity them." aroace
But the monster soon found solace when another came to live among the foxes who was not their kin: genderfluid
A kitten, carved from the wood of a white tree, who had been abandoned by the humans. lesbian
The kitten, too, wished to become a fox, but its tail was too slender and it could not grow a coat of richly colored fur. 𓎟𓎟𓎟
Yet when the other foxes saw this, they spoke words of comfort to the kitten: himejoshi
"Even without a tail and fur like ours, you are still one of us." yumejin
Furious at this happy resolution, the monster lit a fire on the mountain. ٨ﮩ٨ﮩﮩ٨ﮩﮩ٨ﮩ
The terrified animals panicked as the fire spread. The only way to extinguish the flames was to make a sacrifice.
A gray fox stood up and addressed the monster. It said:
"You are the cleverest among us. Surely you can help us find a way to solve this."
The monster smiled, led the fox toward the fire... and murdered it.
The gray fox's heart was turned into a beautiful drop of water, clear, spotless, and pure.
The monster gave the heart of water to the kitten, telling him:
The foxes have decided. You are the one who must be sacrificed. Take this, quench the flames, and die for your fox kin.
— Nahida's Fairy Tale. Art by @J00Sla

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