The tree was growing as I looked at it. Its branches were breaking through the surrounding ice and reaching higher. Although it already grew several meters taller than the tallest of its neighbours, it showed no signs of stopping.
It wasn't blooming, but this didn't diminish the alarm of the gardeners who surrounded it. When my astral projection arrived, they all held cutting machetes and hatches and looked ready to attack.
'My daughters, I am here! Your father. Stay away from this tree until I see what's going on,' I announced to them.
They jolted, then followed my order and flew several meters away, smiling at each other in relief.
'Oh, thank you for coming so quickly, Father!' they were thinking. 'It's only been a couple of hours since the tree started acting like that, but a couple of hours was too long! But now that Father is here, he will solve this.'
