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gryphonsegg May 13 2012, 15:27:06 UTC
“I bet Zach’s worried sick about me.”

“Wouldn’t your sister be too?”
“I don’t know. I don’t think Renza likes me very much. She always yells at me and lectures me.”

Oooooh! Your big sister loves you, Ezeria!!!

“It’s in the past. Besides I wasn’t able to save her from it.”

Waaaaaa! Lillian is my woobie!

Zach smiles down at Ezeria’s footprint before they start walking again

*_* <3 <3 <3

Lillian wakes up and reaches out for Ezeria, she opens her eye in horror “Ezeria? Ezeria?! Where are you?!”

LILLIAAAAAAAN! <3

“Flowers? Can you eat them?”

“Uh, I guess so. They’re supposed to be gifts though. People gave each other flowers so much that they made jewelry and pictures of them.”

“So they’re plants? The plants I’ve seen are the grains, vegetables, and fruits grown in the Green House.”

“You know, now that you mention it…I’ve never seen flowers before either. Perhaps we could find them.” *dons Biologist Hat* A flower blooms to attract pollinators, and after pollen has been dropped onto the "female" part of the flower ( ( ... )

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kansan_entrails May 13 2012, 19:24:00 UTC
*dons Biologist Hat* A flower blooms to attract pollinators, and after pollen has been dropped onto the "female" part of the flower (pistil), the petals fall off. Pollen travels down the pistil to the ovary at the base of the flower, which then grows into a fruit. If Ezeria's people eat the part of the plant that humans traditionally label fruit-- apples, pears, peaches, oranges, figs, etc. or mutated versions of these-- then they would also be familiar with the flowers of those plants. Ezeria and Lillian could find a type of flower they haven't seen before, but Ezeria would probably know what a flower is if she knows what a fruit is and places fruit in a different mental category from vegetables and grains.

Ah, okay. I was worried that this wouldn't work, but decided to try it anyway. I'll rework this.

Also yes. Renza does love Ezeria and Lillian is a giant woobie.

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