Story |
Lantern in the Snow is the Cookie Story of 
Cotton Cookie and 
Frost Queen Cookie, releasing on November 18, 2021 in the Frost Witch and the Lantern in the Snow update (v2.4) and coinciding with the Frost Crystal Gacha and the Frost Crystals Event. Its episodes were unlocked by progression in the Frost Crystals Event.
The Story tells the legend of a selfless Cookie who confronts the Frost Witch to prolong the life of her 
frost illness-stricken friend.
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| 01. Where Snow Falls All Year Round | ||
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 Snowfall Villager |
Alright, where should we hang this lantern... How about... here? |
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No, daddy! Higher! Hang it higher! |
 Young Snowfall Villager |
Snowfall Villager |
Ha ha, the height is important: more Cookies can see the lantern! But it's also important to make your feelings come through. |
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Feelings? What feelings?
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Young Snowfall Villager |
Snowfall Villager |
For example, your wishes for other Cookies' happiness.
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| The first Cookie to hang a lantern onto this tree used to say that... Do you want to hear the story? | ||
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Yes! Yes! Tell me!
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Young Snowfall Villager |
Snowfall Villager |
Far, far away to the north, amidst the tall, frigid mountains, where snow falls all year round... was a little village. |
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| 02. Two Little Cookie Friends | ||
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 Kind Villager |
Cotton Cookie! Going to see Sherbet Cookie again? |
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I'm carrying these supplies for him... He's... he's been feeling even colder. |
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Kind Villager |
Oh dear... This sickness is getting worse by the day...
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| Sweet skies! What did this young soul do to deserve such a cruel disease...! | ||
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... Sherbet Cookie will be alright. I must go, before the snow gets worse. |
Cotton Cookie |
Kind Villager |
Be careful on the road, my dear!
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Cotton Cookie |
Sherbet Cookie? It's me! I brought you a warm cotton blanket and some snow mushroom stew! |
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Cotton Cookie...? Thanks. How was your day? Did the sheep give you much trouble...? |
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Cotton Cookie |
Phew, don't even get me started on that! You know how their wool can grow so fluffy that they can't even move if you don't shear them in time? |
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| They looked just like one enormous sheep! I almost drowned in all that wool today! | ||
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Ha ha... Sounds like too much trouble...! Those little stubborn sheep of yours. |
Sherbet Cookie |
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Cotton Cookie |
It was! I barely had a chance to catch my breath today!
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Cotton Cookie |
... But how are you feeling? Still feeling cold? | |
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... Yeah. And I can't hide it anymore.
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Sherbet Cookie |
| When I touch a glass, it gets covered with frost... Maybe it's time the Frost Witch came for me... | ||
| You've heard the stories about Cookies taken away by the Frost Witch, haven't you?
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Cotton Cookie |
Don't say that...! Those are just scary tales for kids! Nobody's gonna take you away! |
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Cotton Cookie |
And even if this Witch comes, I'll be here! I'll protect you! See this staff? I will stop anyone! | |
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That crook of yours? Ha ha, it does look pretty strong. |
Sherbet Cookie |
| But... at times, I feel... strange.
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| The colder I feel... The stronger the snow...
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| I keep hearing someone's voice calling me from far, far away.
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| But when I close my eyes and follow this voice... Every time it's only endless snow as far as I can see. | ||
| What if... what if it's the Frost Witch calling me?
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Cotton Cookie |
No...! Please don't think about the Witch! I'm sure, you're just tired of staying at home! |
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Cotton Cookie |
You know what? When you feel better, we'll go wherever you want! Together. I promise!
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| Imagine all the places you ever dreamed about! Endless seas of sand, tall ridges of waves, ever-burning lakes of fire! | ||
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Someday...
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Sherbet Cookie |
| You are such a good friend, Cotton Cookie. Thank you. | ||
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Sherbet Cookie's Shadow |
The voice... it keeps calling me...
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| I.. can't wait any longer... I must-
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| 03. Missing | ||
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Sherbet Cookie, it's me! Today I- |
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Cotton Cookie |
... Huh? Sherbet Cookie? | |
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Cotton Cookie |
Sherbet Cookie!
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Cotton Cookie |
Oh... Oh no!
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| Sherbet Cookie! Where did you go...?! | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
The snow is too strong... I can't see a thing...
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| There!... I see a figure!... Sherbet Cookie...?
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Cotton Cookie |
Sherbet Cookie! What are you doing out there? |
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Cotton Cookie |
And who is that... with you?
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| Wait, is that... The Frost Witch!?
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Cotton Cookie |
Sherbet Cookie, no! DON'T GO! |
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Cotton Cookie |
The Witch... has taken... my friend...
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| Oh, dear Sherbet Cookie...
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Cotton Cookie |
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Cotton Cookie |
I have to do something... I need to find Sherbet Cookie! | |
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Cotton Cookie |
So... cold...
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| The wind can cut through my very dough... This is what the world must've been like for Sherbet Cookie... | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
Oh, ACK!
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Cotton Cookie |
Too... cold... Can't... keep... going...
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| But... Sherbet Cookie... needs... me...
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| 04. The Frost Queen | ||
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(The wind... stopped?) | |
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Cotton Cookie |
(The blizzard... is over? Huh...? Where am I?!) | |
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Cotton Cookie |
... You! | |
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Foolish child! Why are you roaming this snowy barren all alone? |
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Cotton Cookie |
You... are you the Frost Witch?! |
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Is that really the question you wish to ask, Cookie-with-the-Lantern? |
Frost Queen Cookie |
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Cotton Cookie |
Huh... Oh... Sherbet Cookie! |
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Cotton Cookie |
Sherbet Cookie, are you alright? Oh no, he's cold as a crystal of ice! |
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Cotton Cookie |
What did you do to my friend?! | |
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Not a thing. It is merely the time for this child's life to become one with snow once more. |
Frost Queen Cookie |
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Cotton Cookie |
What are you... It was you who cursed him and took him away from me! |
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| Why did you do it?! You can't take his life! Bring him back! | ||
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His life interests me not. But the order of things must be upheld. |
Frost Queen Cookie |
| Yes... I shall grant you a glimpse of the truth. | ||
| That what you call a "curse" so foolishly. You shall see it with your very own eyes. | ||
| 05. Stop the Flow of Water | ||
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What is... this? | |
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Behold! You are standing in the presence of the Greater Will that weaves the fabric of this world. |
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| Tell me... What brings you, Cookies, to life? | ||
| The answer is simple: powder imbued with pure Life. Substance that animated many creatures throughout this land. | ||
| But who could have known... | ||
| Who could have known that this very energy is, in fact, what fuels this world, allowing it to exist. | ||
| To keep the mechanism of this world in perfect equilibirum, a complex of fundamental principles was created by Nature itself. | ||
| Guardians were chosen to ensure that this order is maintained. I am one of these guardians... | ||
| I am to make sure that Frost Children, fated to become one with Nature, reach the Source. That is my task. | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
"Frost... Children?" |
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An alluring voice calls them, beckons them into the snow, growing ever clearer as the warmth of life fades... It is neither a curse nor a disease. |
Frost Queen Cookie |
| Like a seed meant to become a tree... Like a fire burning forests to ashes, yet enabling new life to see the sunlight... | ||
| Here, in my frozen domain, the Frost Children find their final peace, dissipated into a myriad of ice crystals, become one with Nature again. | ||
| It is a blessing to allow new life to bloom. | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
I don't believe you... |
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Cotton Cookie |
Sherbet Cookie doesn't want any of this! | |
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This is the way Nature is. Therefore, it is this child's natural desire. His will. |
Frost Queen Cookie |
| Do you understand? The principle of Nature cannot be broken. | ||
| Whether you understand it or not is irrelevant. The world's mechanism will continue revolving. | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
There must be something I can do! Anything! I will do anything to rescue him! |
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Cookie, you are asking for a way to rescue water running in a river. Only one Frost Child was able to preserve the Cookie form. |
Frost Queen Cookie |
| Perhaps... | ||
| There is a way to stop the flowing water. For some time. | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
What is it? Please, tell me what to do! |
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Atop a towering cliff grows the Wind Flower, feeding on the warm rays of the sun above. |
Frost Queen Cookie |
| This Wind Flower can bring the warmth back... for a while. | ||
| But the blizzard is raging outside. The search will be an impossible task. | ||
| Wandering among the frozen ridges you may risk your last chance to see the very Cookie you cherish. Will you accept such risk? | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
... I will. |
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Cotton Cookie |
I will find the Wind Flower no matter what...! | |
| 06. For a Couple More Minutes | ||
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This mountain... is as tall as the sky! I can barely feel my fingers... |
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| ... But I have to hurry. For Sherbet Cookie. | ||
| Only I can save him! | ||
| Oh! AAAAAH! | ||
| It hurts... My hand! | ||
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"... Hm? Cotton Cookie, are you hurt?" |
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| "Did the flock give you a hard time again...? Wait here, let me get some bandages and flour." | ||
| "Please be careful. ... I can be sick for both of us... So please, stay well!" | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
I'm fine, Sherbet Cookie! It's nothing... |
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Cotton Cookie |
It's just a tiny crack... That much I can handle. | |
| Sherbet Cookie, what's on your mind? What's going on in your head?! | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
Do you really want things... to end this way...? | |
| I never thought we'd part ways... like this. | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
... Oh no. The cliff's collapsed here! |
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| And the Wind Flower is... on the other side! | ||
| Will I reach it if I jump?! | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
I will... No, I must! Anything for a couple more minutes with Sherbet Cookie... | |
| I can do it. | ||
| 07. Warm Yellow Light | ||
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When I think about it... | |
| I realize that all this snow was inside my heart from the very beginning. | ||
| The blindingly white snow, reaching as far as one can see... slowly filled me from within. | ||
| These fields of snow... So white one wouldn't dare to tarnish it. | ||
| I often imagined becoming a tiny snowflake, one of the billions making this ocean of snow. | ||
| But then... Another color emerged amidst the pristine dunes. | ||
| That was... | ||
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.. bet ... Coo...! | |
| Sherbet Cookie...! Wake up...! | ||
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... I did not expect you to succeed, Cookie. Enjoy this brief moment of success. |
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| It should be enough for a farewell. | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
Sherbet Cookie... |
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... Cotton Cookie. I... I followed the voice... And... |
Sherbet Cookie |
| You came all this way... for me... | ||
| Forgive me... I left without saying goodbye. | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
No, no! It's alright...! I told you I'd always stay by your side...! |
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| Please, Sherbet Cookie... Don't go... | ||
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Don't worry, Cotton Cookie. I'm not going to disappear. Not anymore. |
Sherbet Cookie |
| I'm only following my dream. Like a snowflake drifting across endless tundra. | ||
| But I want you to know... I'm not sure since when... but amidst the bleak, dreary snowy plains that haunted my thoughts... | ||
| I started to see you. | ||
| The warm, yellow light of your lantern... It was there too. | ||
| No matter where I went, the dim light was there. Then I understood. | ||
| That light was for me. It lit my path so that I don't get... lost. | ||
| And it felt warm and comforting... I didn't feel lonely. | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
Neither did I, Sherbet Cookie! Because I had you...! |
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Now I must go... It's time for us to part ways, Cotton Cookie... |
Sherbet Cookie |
| Just like I remembered you when I saw the light of your lantern... Think about me when snowflakes fall down from the sky. | ||
| I will be there... | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
No, Sherbet Cookie! How can I let you go...! |
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Thank you... For everything you did for me. |
Sherbet Cookie |
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Cotton Cookie |
No...!!! | |
| Sherbet Cookie, SHERBET COOKIE...! NO! PLEASE STAY! DON'T GO! | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
*sobbing...* | |
| But I knew... I always knew that one day you'd leave me for some faraway land... | ||
| But I wanted to stay with you nevertheless... | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
To keep listening to your stories... | |
| Live in this world... together! | ||
| 08. Memories Frozen in Ice | ||
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Wait. This light...? Get back here...! |
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Sh-Sherbet Cookie...!? Ack... The air is... too cold... Can't... breathe... |
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Frost Queen Cookie |
Hide behind me! |
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| This freezing energy...! | ||
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| Cookie Doctor | Any ailment can be cured! I'll do all in my power to find a way to treat this disease...! |
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| I know! If anyone can do it, it's you. And I'll do anything I can to assist you! |
Cookie Doctor's Friend | |
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| Cookie Doctor | I feel... colder. And the voice... it beckons me. | |
| Frost Cookie...! Are you alright...?! | Cookie Doctor's Friend | |
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| Cookie Doctor | 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 go there? It's dangerous, and I can't allow you to go alone! |
Cookie Doctor's Friend | |
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| Cookie Doctor | Now I understand... I... | |
| No...! Frost Cookie...! Don't fade away...! |
Cookie Doctor's Friend | |
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| Yes... That is how it was. | ||
| Memories... of the past long gone. | ||
| 09. The End | ||
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Sherbet Cookie...? | |
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He is no longer the Cookie you used to know. |
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| A droplet of warmth... Has kept the fading soul together and created a new being, Eternal and Free. | ||
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Cotton Cookie |
That means... Sherbet Cookie is back? That he will... stay? |
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No... Just like myself, he has become a Nature's herald. |
Frost Queen Cookie |
| Soon, he will discover the mission imposed upon him. | ||
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Frost Queen Cookie |
Regardless, he will never return to his former life. | |
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Cotton Cookie |
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Sherbet Cookie? |
I... |
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| At long last, I feel alive. I, I can go anywhere...! | ||
| Look, look at this, Cotton Cookie! I can fly...! Ha ha! | ||
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You look so... free, Sherbet Cookie. |
Cotton Cookie |
| Now I understand. You've found your true self... |
Cotton Cookie | |
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Sherbet Cookie? |
Endless seas of sand, tall ridges of waves, and ever-burning lakes of fire! |
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| Now I can fly anywhere! I HAVE TO go there! | ||
| Cotton Cookie, you should come along...! | ||
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Thanks... Sherbet Cookie. |
Cotton Cookie |
| Now I understand everything... |
Cotton Cookie | |
| All our time together... It led us here. And here is where we say goodbye. |
Cotton Cookie | |
| I will stay here and protect everything we held dear. | ||
| And you... Travel far and wide. And when you come back, tell me what you saw. For me, it will be enough. |
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Sherbet Cookie? |
Cotton Cookie... Your light always lit my path... |
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| No matter where I go, I will always keep this light in my heart. | ||
| I will make sure not to lose my way out there in the wide world! Like I did before... | ||
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When a desperate ray of light met a heart yearning for freedom, you were reborn. |
Frost Queen Cookie |
| You have shaken off the shackles of frail dough. Even winter's chill has no power over you. | ||
| Go. Anywhere and everywhere you wish. | ||
| 10. And Life Goes On | ||
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Snowfall Villager |
... And so, the new-born spirit's adventure began. | |
| And the girl returned to the village. She hanged a bright lantern on the village's tallest tree to guide her friend when he comes back. | ||
| And the warm light shines bright 'til this day... | ||
| Time passed, and more villagers started hanging their lanterns for their dear ones during the coldest days of the year. | ||
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Whoah... That's why I told you to hang it higher, daddy! Because I love our family soooo much! |
Young Snowfall Villager |
Snowfall Villager |
Ha ha, so do I, kid! Hey, it's almost time to make the wishes! Let's hurry! |
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Right, right! Let's run! |
Young Snowfall Villager |
Old Snowfall Villager |
You have to make your wish on the hill from where the tall cliff can be seen... |
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Cotton Cookie! It's great to see you here! |
Snowfall Villager |
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Young Snowfall Villager |
Wow, it's granny Cotton Cookie! Do you know the lantern story too? |
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... Ho ho, oh, of course! It is my favorite story. |
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| Now, go make your wish. Or all of the good spots will be taken! | ||
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Young Snowfall Villager |
Oh no! Hurry up, dad! |
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Cotton Cookie |
It's snowing tonight... Soft, warm snow. |
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| I hope you are happy out there, dancing among the snowflakes. Stay safe in your travels! | ||
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| The night on the meadow
Whispers through the breeze Old lanterns shining brightly Upon the tallest tree I recall your smile as years flow by But they're all a long time ago When the snow feels warm And your journey is over Let this guide your way |
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