Rootbound — The Winter Guests, Page 4
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A two-panel comic page. The top panel is a close-up of a wooden tray filled with dried brown leaves, featuring a single white silk cocoon nestled inside a folded leaf. The bottom panel shows two people looking down at the tray in a dimly lit room with a lantern and a window in the background. Visible text, in reading order: Fern: Silk. Inside the folded leaf. Wren: Something is sleeping in there.
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A two-panel comic page. The top panel is a close-up of a wooden tray filled with dried brown leaves, featuring a single white silk cocoon nestled inside a folded leaf. The bottom panel shows two people looking down at the tray in a dimly lit room with a lantern and a window in the background.
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.