Runaway

Here is my 16th tale of the Apocalypse Bingo, based on the prompt "Rise of a New Species." This one is a precursor to my World Tree stories. all four of them, which can be found on Dreamwidth and Livejournal. In both locations I suggest you go to the bottom of the page and read up. This story came in at 1,116 words, but the older stories are shorter.

"It's a very vigorous hybrid," admitted Kenishwa. "Rather more vigorous than expected. The oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water aspects of its metabolism are within the required parameters. The growth pattern is exceptional; not only do the branches grow at up to forty centimetres a day, so do the aerial roots."

 

"So," Cornelius Bracken was lead for more than half the botanicals projects, "what positive risks have we identified for the project?"

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