"Fact Number One," said Nisi's neighbor, "the thing you say you have under there survives by ingesting nutrients that come from broken-down organic matter."
"From food scraps and yard waste that decompose in the compost pile, yes," Nisi told him. She tied a knot in the cord, securing the tarp in an embrace strong enough to be considered parental.
"Awesome, it eats the dead. Fact Number Two," he continued, "you say you're expecting the thing you have under there to push its limbs up through the soil and essentially come back to life in a few short months."
"Maybe sooner, depending on the weather."
"I'm pretty sure you're raising a zombie and not a perennial herb," the neighbor said.
Nisi laughed. She patted the billowing tarp, urging it down. Trapped beneath its heavy folds, the wind groaned with its ache to rise.
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