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„Kaeya, look!“
The boy with the long red hair called for his best friend when they visited the meadows behind the town’s walls. He picked up a Dandelion and blew the seeds from its stem.
The blue-haired boy with the eye-patch looked fascinated how the little fluffy things were playfully been carried by the wind. He had never seen this before.

„Here, try it out.“ Diluc offered him another fluffy Dandelion he just picked.
Hesitantly Kaeya took the flower and examined it closely. There were several small and fluffy things attached to the big ending of the plant's stem. All together made it look like cotton candy. Then the shy boy nodded and blew the Dandelion seeds which were dancing smoothly in the upcoming breeze.
He laughed as he saw them being carried a long way through the air, before they settled on a new place of the meadow. „This is fun! Let's do it again!“

Diluc agreed and they picked another flower.
„And do you know the best thing?“ the boy with the fiery hair asked. „If you blow them away, you help the seeds to settle somewhere else, so they can grow into another Dandelion there. So it's not only fun, but helpful, too.“

Kaeya listened amazed. This was great! „Okay, let's help as many flowers as possible, so we can grow a whole big meadow full of Dandelions!“

No sooner said then done, the two boys were running over the grass, picking up Dandelions and blew their seeds in the wind.

A while later they were resting under a tree,  out of breath. „Let's do this again some day.“ Kaeya suggested happily.
„Of course!“ Diluc replied with a big smile.