Rootbound — The Kindness of Room Five, Page 8
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A two-panel comic set in a dimly lit potting shed. In the top panel, a woman and a man interact with a terracotta pot while translucent ghostly gloves assist. In the bottom panel, the two characters repot a fern together while the ghostly gloves rest on the table. Visible dialogue, in reading order: Wren: I found a size up. Fern: Not a new promise. Fern: A little space for the old one.
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A two-panel comic set in a dimly lit potting shed. In the top panel, a woman and a man interact with a terracotta pot while translucent ghostly gloves assist. In the bottom panel, the two characters repot a fern together while the ghostly gloves rest on the table.
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.