Easy Living
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“I never know what to make of people anymore.” She starts, gently pulling yellowed and dried leaves from the fern she’s been tending to. “I had always grown up and been taught that your community was everything. We were all meant to be family. And then I was introduced to the so-called civilized world and...” Her head shakes, looking less upset about the cruelty of mankind and more sorrowful. “It just seems a shame that progress brought out the worst in people.”
Once the fern was properly pruned, she smiled, letting her eyes close and her hands hover above it— there’s a slight crackle and pop from her fingers, sparks flying before the fern leaves rise up, growing nearly twice their original height. “...I think the plants have the right idea. Easy living. Refusing to speak. Refusing to be at war. Very peaceful, don’t you think?”