Chapter Seventy-Six: Back to the Present

First Quarter

Chapter Seventy-Six: Back to the Present

“But that means you’ll be killing yourself!” Mallory said in alarm, remembering that their consciousness is equal to their life. The reason they were alive was simply because they had developed consciousness.

Rather than responding to her directly, the plant chose to narrate a story. “I had lived for thousands of years in seclusion, never wanting to go out as I find the outside world unappealing. I do have companions with me, but they wither and die, trying to save everyone they fancy outside. I couldn’t understand why until I lived in my own company for a very long while.]

The plant paused, then continued. [I used to think that living in solitude is the ultimate goal in our long life, yet as time passed, I then knew what it was to live alone…]

[It’s unbearable.]

Mallory remained silent, not quite knowing how to respond to that. But with all her rambling, Mallory already has an idea of what she wants to say.

Then she remembered th