Ruby had come up with the clever idea of making a fake field for the Dreadmire flowers, right near the spot where the real ones had been stolen. It was bold, risky, and exactly the kind of plan they needed.
The flowers actually looked like real ones—yeah, you might not even notice in the dark. They were made using Lightdew paper, something Ruby saw in the market when they were exploring earlier. And for the white part of the flower, they used the wasted ones from real flowers that had caught illness.
Everyone joined in. People who had never even touched craftwork before were now carefully folding petals, tying stems, and placing the fake flowers into the ground. Even the children helped, their tiny hands just as eager. It was the first time in a while that the village felt alive again—not afraid, but united.
if they used bad threads, the fabric might not be strong at all and could rip apart with just a single pull.
