Chapter 64: Esoteric
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The Village was just as Kagome had left it, and Kagome smiled as she bent low to better look at some of the desert plants for sale at the market on her way back to Baki's.
"The cacti are blooming this season," informed the elderly salesman standing beside the market stand.
Kagome agreed.
"Cacti are at their most beautiful before they bloom," sighed the man, his leathery skin pulled tight with a leisurely smile.
"Before?"
"Yes, deary, it's before cacti bloom you discover that something so wonderful was hidden inside that prickly thing all along, there's hope in 'em, somewhere."
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