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The Gardener of Slow Light
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Boon led Mira to a dusty supply closet and pulled out a logbook. "Eda left this for whoever came next," he said. The last page held a hand-drawn map of the station, with one room circled deep in the lower level. "She said go here when the plants turn. I never had the nerve. You might."
Mira found the circled room and pushed the door open. Inside, a single plant grew in a pot of glowing soil, older than anything else on the station. A note in Eda's hand was pinned to the wall: "This one remembers the way home. Water it, and it will show you." Mira filled a cup and poured. The plant lit up like a lantern, and a path of light spread across the floor toward the airlock.
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