Grandchildren.
If it were just the fern, then yes, a grandchild. But Count Alexander was about ninety-nine percent certain that the whole place was basically a built-in venue for an immovable family reunion featuring the whole lot of their extremely great-grandchildren.
Unbelievable, right?
He thought so too.
Especially because he had also been shocked when he somehow found out.
It had started innocently enough, back when he was contracted to establish, test, and maintain the security of that place called the aquaponics complex.
Obviously he felt that the entire thing was very novel. Growing spiritual plants? How ambitious!
But during one of his routine weekly security reviews, Alexander noticed something odd. The feed showed the same rows of plants he had seen the week before.
Except that they were taller.
Fuller, and clearly growing.
Naturally, he ran additional checks. Cross-referenced timestamps. Verified sensor integrity. Everything came back clean.
