He read right through her. She lightly traced her hand over another plant; round, waxen leaves, a single wooden stem gracefully arcing with a trio of white flowers on it. "Lady's Orchid," she murmured softly, touching one soft petal. "Beautiful, delicate. Hard to grow. Golden pothos..." she slid her fingers against another plant, vines trailing to the floor with heart-shaped leaves. "Some have stripes, you know. Green and white."
It was like introducing some of her children... but slowly she stepped over to a small pot by her table. A thin, small tree, leaned over. Small red leaves unfurled, a delicate imitation of a tree twisted and worn through the years and fading to brilliant fall colors. "Bonsai elm," she murmured throatily, a tender smile on her lips, almost forgotten. "Many of these plants came from old colleagues, former workmates... grateful patients," she nodded to a trio of small, hardy ferns, each with a different color variety pattern to their leaves. "Some are research. But the tree..."
She paused, then glanced over her shoulder at Corran. Long white hair slid over, partially framing and obscuring her face. The tender smile still on her lips. "It calms me.. I've always wanted a garden of my own. One day I hope I have a permanent place to put them."
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It was like introducing some of her children... but slowly she stepped over to a small pot by her table. A thin, small tree, leaned over. Small red leaves unfurled, a delicate imitation of a tree twisted and worn through the years and fading to brilliant fall colors. "Bonsai elm," she murmured throatily, a tender smile on her lips, almost forgotten. "Many of these plants came from old colleagues, former workmates... grateful patients," she nodded to a trio of small, hardy ferns, each with a different color variety pattern to their leaves. "Some are research. But the tree..."
She paused, then glanced over her shoulder at Corran. Long white hair slid over, partially framing and obscuring her face. The tender smile still on her lips. "It calms me.. I've always wanted a garden of my own. One day I hope I have a permanent place to put them."
@TerranSteel