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The Gardener of Slow Light
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Mira didn't answer the ship. Instead she watched it dock against the station's old airlock with a soft clunk. The greenhouse vines all pressed against the inner door, straining toward it like they wanted to greet whatever was coming. Mira picked up a wrench, took a deep breath, and walked toward the airlock alone.
The airlock hissed open. Instead of a monster, a tall figure made of soft green light stepped out, shaped almost like a person. "Hello, Mira," it said in her grandmother's voice. "I became a gardener. I came back so you wouldn't be alone." Mira dropped the wrench and, with tears in her eyes, stepped forward to hug the light.
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