..for safe keeping.
StrawberryNeko did an absolutely outstanding job of capturing the emotion of this image. She is also perhaps the most professional artist you can have the pleasure of commissioning, so I recommend her highly!
I didn't intend the first plushified image of Thumper to be so emotional but it seemed right for this. Don't ask me about the meaning, I'm not really sure I know myself, but I felt this and needed to see it.