The Golden Greenhouse
The air in the greenhouse was thick. It smelled of wet loam and rot. Sergeant Elias Thorne wiped his face with a rag. The sweat stung his eyes. He held the glass jar. Inside, a single fern frond curled. Green. Bright. Alive. It did not wilt. It did not die. It persisted. Elias was a man of rules. He wore his uniform like armor. The fabric was stiff. It chafed his neck. He had served forty...
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