Rootbound — The Kindness of Room Five, Page 7
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A two-panel comic set in a dimly lit potting shed. In the top panel, a woman holds a dripping root ball over a tray. In the bottom panel, she reaches out as a pair of translucent, ghostly hands offer her an empty terracotta pot. Visible dialogue, in reading order: Fern: Roots need air as well as water. Fern: May I give it room?
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A two-panel comic set in a dimly lit potting shed. In the top panel, a woman holds a dripping root ball over a tray. In the bottom panel, she reaches out as a pair of translucent, ghostly hands offer her an empty terracotta pot.
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.