Definitely just a cold

Crux nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard his mother's voice, he'd been pawing lightly at the ground around one of the big blooms and still wasn't sure he was even allowed to take a flower so his mother's voice felt more accusatory than it actually was supposed to be. He did a terrible job of hiding it. His ears pulled back slightly and he spun to face his mother faster than a pup who wasn't feeling guilty would have. His mind struggled to grasp the question for a moment too long before he understood what his mother had asked. He nodded as his mother explained what her own favorite flower was and Crux took a little time to push down his guilt as he tried to think on all the flowers he'd seen.

"These ones are really big which is nice." He said gesturing towards the Marigolds that seemed to spring up from the stone itself. "But I found some light blue ones when we were just outside the castle, a whole bunch of little blue flowers in these biiiiig clusters." His voice picked up in genuine excitement. Clusters of blue hydrangeas though he'd yet to learn their names. "They remind me of your eyes!"

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