Though she is a rose, a rose comes from a seed. A rose is beautiful, a rose is a kind, a rose is gentle, and most of all ...blind. If left uncared for, it's petals will fall off and decay. Whilst only revealing it's stems of thorns, leaving no evidence of it that it was once a rose. (Alberose, hanhaki disease.) Highly recommended to listen to this playlist while reading: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ZNYfWjrn62EjqQRAaC9dd?si=85c052989b234b15 (not complete yet!) note: this is from my ao3 account, keizai