he's about to learn that the maidens, like rare orchids, only thrive in very specific conditions, and he just did the equivalent of uprooting them, throwing them in a jar of overly-wet and overly-acidic soil in a corner without enough sunlight
The Meadow was the Source of their Immortality and eternal youth! Or perhaps they exist as reflections of the state of the meadow? If the meadow is destroyed, slowly they will wither and ashen and crumble
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