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The blue skies loom as far as the eye can see. Mountains and hills of snow swarm the land, and a top one such hill stands a lonely leafless tree. Trudging up one side of the hill came up a tiny child of a girl in a patchwork parka a size too big for her. A scarf and tuque, both over-sized, leaving only brown eyes visible between them. She soon reaches the tree, and hid behind it. Letting only her gloved hands and the top of her head peak out as she scans the field in front of her. Then, a snowball strikes the tree. A thunderous crack splits unto the air as the tree sunders. The girl jumps back as her cover was shatters; tumbling down the hill for a few seconds. As she rolls to the base of the hill, the girl ceases her momentum by placing her hand onto the snow in a single action. Then pushes hard into the ground, before springing back in a single motion, sending her flying across the sky before landing on her boot covered feet.
“HERO! Were playing not fighting! No reason to be so rough!” The girl exclaims as another child in a similarly patchwork parka, with the most noticeable difference being a lesser height, climbs onto the hill and stands next to the tree.
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“Oh come on! You always win Li, what's the worst that can happen?” Hero then begins to slide down the hill as Li stands glaring at her. Li's eyes furrowing as her teeth audibly grind together.
“Your going to get hurt acting so recklessly!” Li slaps Hero upon her arrival, causing her to fall, and land squarely on her ass.
“Okay then! My turn!” Hero shouts as Li turns her back.
Hero runs up for her turn, but her counter slap was stopped in an instant. Without even looking back, Li in a blur of movement raises her right leg to Hero's chest, and in a single motion grabs Hero's arm whilst kicking her back. Hero was launched as her arm, with only a barely audible “pop”, was ripped from her. Instead of crimson blood was a strange azure teal gel; Hero upon landing at the base of the hill shook her head.
“Jeeze Li. Listen to your own advice! You tore off my arm!”
Li began to turn. “No I did-” It was then that she saw the arm still in her hand. Instantly Li drops the severed appendage as her arms recoil to her mouth. Her eyes violently shaking as they focused on the dropping limb...