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Zam loves roses, call her basic but how can you not love a flower so beautiful? She especially admired their thorns, something that served as protection from animals and insects that were just waiting to tear apart the fragile stem, devour the bud and destroy whatever else is left of it.
Roses are both beautiful and they can protect themselves. She likes to think of herself as somewhat of a rose. Unless you rip those thorns off, she would never let that happen to her. Cant say the same for the flowers. Poor things
Thats why whenever she gifts someone roses, they always have them attached. It nicks them sometimes, but its still a gift of love, a sign of affection.
If they really love her they can deal with the thorns. Roses and thorns are a package deal. She wont change that for someone. Not for anyone.
Her gardens are filled with rose bushes. Theyre great decor with an additional benefit of keeping rodents and pests out of the way. Sometimes the vines get in the way, grow a bit too far out and prickle some unexpecting visitor. Shes been telling herself she needs to get them under control, but shes been too busy working on other parts of her kingdom. Besides, its really their fault for not looking where theyre going.
She loves other flowers too, of course. Theres so many of them all around for a reason. A nice pretty display of delicate colors. They stick out amongst the roses.
In fear of them getting trampled or messed with shes put them in spots hard to reach for someone who wouldnt know how to do so. And she mostly takes care of them herself anyways, only a few people have special permission to reach her flowers. Only a few people deserving to get close to their delicate petals.
The regular flowers cant really protect themselves, thats why she steps in.
If you reach far enough between the thorny vines you could see dandelions peeking out from in-between them. Her second favorites. Theyre an element you can occasionally see in her variety of outfits and sometimes her hair adorned with them.
Most often than not she pairs her dandelions with her roses, its on brand. But theres rare occasions where shes just got her dandelions on their own.
Their yellow color is perfect for her, a shame such a perfect flower is so fleeting. Turning into balls of fluff, even more fragile than before. People tend to waste them on a whim, over wishful thinking, quite literally.
A good thing about them though, is how easily they spread. As sad as it is to see them go its always wonderful seeing how many grow back the next time around. They can grow basically anywhere that has even the slightest bit of dirt peeking out.
Some people say theyre excessive, but what do they know.
While she does love all these other flowers, she cant help but always default to the roses. But can you blame her? Theyre really the safest option when it comes to anything. She'll continue to tend to her roses, to make sure their vines are healthy and the thorns are sharp.
And she'll continue to cherish the rest of her gardens, let the people view them in their best. They wont experience them though, but admiring should be good enough.
Dont get her wrong, she cares deeply about her citizens, but she doesn't trust them. Thats just how things are, a bit of caution never hurt anyone. And this is just what it is.
And so the roses continue to grow