| 13. Two Cookies in a Cave
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Cookie Doctor
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Something out there, in those vast snowy plains, holds the answer! And I'm going to find it...!
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Are you sure you want to go there? It's dangerous, and I can't allow you to go alone!
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Cookie Doctor's Friend
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Frost Queen Cookie
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| Back then... my body was growing colder and colder...
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| I was suffering from mysterious visions and a strange desire to explore colder places...
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| And besides me... was...
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Frost Cookie! Frost Cookie! Are you with me?
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Ah... this is...
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Snowflake Cookie
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I couldn't just let you run off to this cold, lifeless place on your own, so I followed you!
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Snowflake Cookie
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Look! There's a cave over there! It's not that big, but it's a perfect place to warm up a bit.
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How's the warm blanket covering you? I started a campfire as well, so you should feel warmer soon.
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But... I can't stay.
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Frost Cookie
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Snowflake Cookie
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Stop saying that! I'll find a way to warm you up!
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| I even have a snow mushroom stew on the fire for you!
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Melting Icicles
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Drip... drop...
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Ah! But the chill that has pierced my body will never leave!
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Frost Cookie
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| The campfire, the blanket, the stew... none of it is any use!
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| My body is only getting colder and colder...!
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This is an unstoppable force of nature. I must walk further into the icy wasteland...!
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Snowflake Cookie
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What are you talking about...! Where are you going?!
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| Of course, goodbyes can be shared between friends. But...!
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| If you leave now... you won't be able to return!
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| And I'll never see you again!
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Snowflake Cookie
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If it's a final goodbye... I don't want it!
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| You were my closest friend, a friend who could understand me without saying a single word!
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| I could spend every day with you without getting bored, and I always felt safe and at peace with you by my side...
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If my most precious friend leaves me... I'll have to spend the rest of my life sensing your absence!
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Melting Icicles
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Drip... drop...
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Ahh... I keep losing consciousness...
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Frost Cookie
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Snowflake Cookie
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Just hang in there! Please! Frost Cookie!
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Snowflake Cookie... Will you... hold my hand?
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Frost Cookie
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Snowflake Cookie
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Of course...!
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| Ah- it's ice-cold...!
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I'm so happy... that you're by my side for this.
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Frost Cookie
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| Thanks to you... it won't be so lonely.
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Even in this blizzard-ridden wasteland... I'll always remember this warm cave you found for me.
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Melting Icicles
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Drop... drip drop... drop...
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Is this the coldest I've ever felt...? No... I'm starting to feel warm and cozy now.
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Frost Cookie
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| I think it's time.
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| Now I know. I...
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Frost Cookie
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I... must return to nature. I must uphold its will.
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Snowflake Cookie
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No...! Frost Cookie! Please, don't disappear...!
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| Frost Cookie! Frost Cookie...!
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Frost Queen Cookie
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Yes. Now I remember... the name of the Cookie that was by my side for my last moments.
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| We were the closest of friends. There's not a memory in my mind where they weren't by my side.
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Frost Queen Cookie
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I remember the cave that friend found and warmed up for me... And the Icicle that started to melt in the cave...
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| I suppose the two friends were the first thing that icicle must have witnessed...
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| Two friends who treasured each other more than anything...
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Frost Queen Cookie
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Thanks to the warm, loving friendship that not even the piercing wind could freeze, the small icicle in the cave came to life and began to dream.
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| Even now, I sense a slight warmth in this frosty castle of mine...
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| Just like in that cave that Snowflake Cookie warmed up for me back then...
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Frost Queen Cookie
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A warm feeling seeping through me...
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It does not block my cold energy, but rather helps it flow through me more smoothly...
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For cold cannot be without warmth... Yes. That is the divine balance of nature...
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Frost Queen Cookie
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Somehow... I feel stronger!
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| This sensation, it feels warm yet cold all at once...!
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I see. You helped me gain an even deeper understanding of the ever-changing cycle of nature.
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Go now, children of frost. Far, far away.
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| But this time, let the warm sensation live within your hearts...!
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