Rootbound — An Invitation to Autumn, Page 3
By Suha · Published
Transcript
A two-panel comic page set in a dark, brick-walled interior. In the top panel, a man holds a lantern while a woman examines white blossoms on a small tree in a wooden barrel. In the bottom panel, the woman stands alone looking toward a dark window next to the same flowering tree. Visible text, in reading order: Wren: It flowers every winter. Wren: Never one apple. Fern: Flowers are only the invitation.
Image description
A two-panel comic page set in a dark, brick-walled interior. In the top panel, a man holds a lantern while a woman examines white blossoms on a small tree in a wooden barrel. In the bottom panel, the woman stands alone looking toward a dark window next to the same flowering tree.
About this chapter
White petals lead Fern and Wren into Room Six, where an apple tree flowers without fruit for a dead gardener's promise to Ida. Fern finds a compatible neighbour and hand-pollinates the blossoms, but refuses to promise a harvest she cannot control. Ida's willingness to wait releases the keeper. Days later a fruitlet forms, while soil creeps beneath Room Seven.