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Lily as a child on Kuro Bara
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Lily as a young adult, now 18 years old
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Lily in the final days she spends with Tommy

Lily Hanako Toomasu

Lily Hanako Toomasu is a child we see who grows over the course of the novel. At the beginning, she is six years old, and takes residence on the island of Kuro Bara along with Tommy, where they are both used for painful experiments by the mysterious Doctor. While there, she is fascinated by the many different, unnatural colors of flowers, produced from the Doctor's botany experiments, and this prompts Tommy to call her "Hanako", which means "Flower Child", and she adopts this as her middle name.
   Lily finally escapes the island, and tries to take Tommy with her. However, he is again captured by the Doctor, while Lily is able to get away. She grows up in a foster home, but is plagued by both nightmares of the island and worries about Tommy.
   She tries to find Tommy, but to little avail. When she finally finds the island, she discovers that the Doctor is gone, but Tommy still remains-- in extremely poor health. Lily is sorrowed to find that he is dying, but wishes for one last adventure with her friend and the man she fell in love with-- on the island where the black roses grow.
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