Rootbound — The Kindness of Room Five, Page 3
By Suha · Published
Transcript
A two-panel comic page set in a dimly lit workshop. In the top panel, a woman holds a potted plant while translucent, glowing ghostly hands hover around it. In the bottom panel, she speaks to a man standing in a doorway while the ghostly hands gesture toward the plant. Visible dialogue, in reading order: Fern: I am not taking it away. Wren: What does it need? Fern: Someone to stop helping.
Image description
A two-panel comic page set in a dimly lit workshop. In the top panel, a woman holds a potted plant while translucent, glowing ghostly hands hover around it. In the bottom panel, she speaks to a man standing in a doorway while the ghostly hands gesture toward the plant.
About this chapter
Beyond the Mother Bed, Fern opens the door marked Five and finds a fern drowning in an unfinished kindness. With Wren and Ida, she helps a dead propagation keeper loosen her grip on a promise, repots the plant and delivers it at last. Breakfast restores the living before fresh petals appear beneath Room Six.