The salvage crew found the biodome centuries later. There was no human body.
: Aby provided the carbon dioxide the plant desperately needed in the thin air. PodFlower.Aby_Sekara.1.var
: Instead of a normal pistil, the center was a thick, fleshy chamber that acted as a natural air scrubber. The salvage crew found the biodome centuries later
"It's getting heavy," Aby whispered. The sound of her labored breathing filled the recording. "The pod is swelling. It’s not just scrubbing the air anymore. It’s adapting. I think... I think it's making seeds. But they aren't seeds for plants." : Instead of a normal pistil, the center
As the months passed, the line between woman and garden blurred. The blue glow of the plant became the only light Aby knew. She stopped looking at the black, frozen sky outside. She only looked at the pod. 💥 The Blooming
: The plant fed on the iron and glucose in Aby's waste. To keep it alive, she was quite literally feeding it herself.
: It glowed with a faint, rhythmic pulse of blue light, mimicking a heartbeat.