Plants Before People
Farrow walked slowly through the long stretch of hedge maze, *labyrinth*, she reminded herself, humming a soft tune. She let one hand graze the leaves of the hedge wall beside her. Her brow furrowed as she stopped to look at the thick green foliage. The leaves, oblong and hearty, were colored a deep green, ghostly veins webbing through the fiber.
They looked perfectly healthy in her palm, but rustled loudly and prickled her skin like they had been without water and were drying out. It was a mystery to her, she had hopped over puddles and waded through stretches of ankle deep water, the sprawling entity must have enough water. And yet...
Farrow startled as a great dry rasping erupted behind her. She whirled around, her heel snapping a small thing behind her and causing the end of her intricate braid to smack her soundly in the face.
As she rubbed at the small welt on her forehead, she looked up, just in time to see a large person step through a new opening in the labyrinth wall.
They looked perfectly healthy in her palm, but rustled loudly and prickled her skin like they had been without water and were drying out. It was a mystery to her, she had hopped over puddles and waded through stretches of ankle deep water, the sprawling entity must have enough water. And yet...
Farrow startled as a great dry rasping erupted behind her. She whirled around, her heel snapping a small thing behind her and causing the end of her intricate braid to smack her soundly in the face.
As she rubbed at the small welt on her forehead, she looked up, just in time to see a large person step through a new opening in the labyrinth wall.
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