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A Synchronicity Between the Kitsuneko “Phala” and Larimar

Phala is the Kitsuneko who became the model for the illustrated story
The Ocean-Colored Kitsuneko and the Flower of the Heart.

She was born as a gentle presence,
quietly staying close to the human heart like the sea itself.

And her story began long before she was completed —
back when I was pregnant with my daughter.

During my pregnancy,
someone once asked me at a fortune-telling session:

“What kind of gemstone comes to mind when you think of the child in your womb?”

At that exact moment,
one stone appeared in my mind for no clear reason.

Larimar.

Honestly, I was surprised myself.

I had always thought Larimar was beautiful,
but I had never felt strongly drawn to wear or own it before.

At the time, I could not explain why that stone had surfaced in my mind.

Only one feeling quietly remained:

“This child feels like Larimar.”

After my daughter was born,
I remembered that feeling and created a Kitsuneko.

A being to protect her.
A presence to stay beside her.

On the Kitsuneko’s forehead,
I placed Larimar together with Sapphire, my daughter’s birthstone.

It was not an intentional symbolic choice.

It simply felt like something that had to be done.

Her name became “Phala.”

It combines the syllable “Fa,” taken from the kanji for flower in my daughter’s name,
and the Sanskrit word pāla, meaning “protector” or “guardian.”

Together, the name carries the meaning:

“A being who protects flowers.”

At the time, I was not thinking deeply about symbolism or meaning.

It simply felt right.

But later, I learned something unexpected.

The gemstone name “Larimar” was created by one of its discoverers, Miguel Méndez,
by combining his daughter’s name, “Larissa,”
with the Spanish word mar, meaning “sea.”

A daughter’s name.
The gentleness of the sea.
A prayer to protect.

The story I had instinctively woven into Phala
quietly — and almost unbelievably — overlapped with the original story carried within Larimar itself.

I did not choose the stone after learning its meaning.

First came the feeling.
Then the action.

Only much later did I discover the story carried within the stone itself.

The Kitsuneko born for my daughter
was already connected, somewhere deep beneath words,
to the prayer Larimar had carried from the beginning.

And so now, I sometimes feel that Phala was never simply something I created.

Perhaps she had always existed somewhere quietly —
waiting for me to find her.

✧ About Fāra

Born from quiet prayers woven together across time,
Phala is the sea-colored Kitsuneko created from Larimar.

You can explore her Larimar and Sapphire adornments,
along with her ocean-like eyes, on the official artwork page.

▶ “Fāra ― The Sea-Colored Kitsuneko, Born from Larimar”

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