Virtue
Virtue is what one human bestows upon another.

As the faint light of dawn broke over the kingdom’s mountains, a man and a woman ascended the snowy path toward the summit.

Their hair—one as white as snow, the other a deep ink-black—danced in the biting wind. Together, the two made their way through the field of snow, step by step, leaving their distinct footprints behind. The woman’s dainty, delicate steps and the man’s heavier, surefooted strides carved a pattern into the snow as they climbed.

“A... Achoo!”

The woman sneezed, her nine tails coiled tightly around her body …