Rootbound — An Invitation to Autumn, Page 9
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A two-panel comic set in a dark stone cellar. A woman uses a small brush to pollinate white apple blossoms on a small tree in a wooden barrel. A man stands in the background holding a lantern. A luminous, swirling golden ribbon of light emerges from the barrel in the second panel. Visible text, in reading order: Wren: Will it work? Fern: Perhaps. Not every flower sets. Fern: I can promise care. Not an apple.
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A two-panel comic set in a dark stone cellar. A woman uses a small brush to pollinate white apple blossoms on a small tree in a wooden barrel. A man stands in the background holding a lantern. A luminous, swirling golden ribbon of light emerges from the barrel in the second panel.
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.