Rootbound — The Winter Guests, Page 3
By Suha · Published
Transcript
A two-panel comic page. The top panel shows Fern and Wren standing over a wooden tray filled with dried leaves and pale cocoons in a dimly lit brick room. The bottom panel is a close-up of the tray, showing a thin, luminous golden ribbon of light weaving through the leaves and over the cocoons. Visible text, in reading order: Wren: Shall I take them to the shredder? Fern: Not yet. Look what they are covering.
Image description
A two-panel comic page. The top panel shows Fern and Wren standing over a wooden tray filled with dried leaves and pale cocoons in a dimly lit brick room. The bottom panel is a close-up of the tray, showing a thin, luminous golden ribbon of light weaving through the leaves and over the cocoons.
About this chapter
A leaf rising at Room Eight leads Fern and Wren to a tray that refuses to be cleared away. Hidden silk cocoons reveal that the dead night watchman was keeping a promise to his winter guests. With Ida's memory to guide them, they move the undisturbed tray to a cool, sheltered corner rather than a shredder or a heated glasshouse. The watchman lets go when care means leaving something alone. Back in the corridor, rippling water carries a bell from Room Nine.