There once was a lone monster draped in fox fur.
The monster found a family of foxes, joined them, and they became friends. il dottore
The monster lived with the family, day and night, and everyone treated it as one of their own. 450+
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: persian
"I am a monstrosity, yet they are too foolish to see it... I pity them." 187 cm
But the monster soon found solace when another came to live among the foxes who was not their kin: he / they
A kitten, carved from the wood of a white tree, who had been abandoned by the humans. aspd autism
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. nonbinary +
Yet when the other foxes saw this, they spoke words of comfort to the kitten: agender +
"Even without a tail and fur like ours, you are still one of us." mascneu +
Furious at this happy resolution, the monster lit a fire on the mountain. aroace
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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