“A Strange Thing has appeared before me. I had barely begun my search when it reared up as if it were waiting for me. It then dropped a single seed.

What is it? Is it alive? Is it a machine?”

"Extraordinary! When I plucked the sprout, it turned out to be a living creature, not a plant! Picking it has done no visible damage... It just stands there, staring at me… I believe I shall call it a”

fractling…