Rosetta locked up the nursery behind Tuni. He was headed off for his evening at the Saturn-Nail-Ya, and as usual, asked her to come along.

"Nah, not tonight," she said, looking at the activity on the Elder's porch, "Might catch you later though, g'night."

She reached the stairs, and the Terran came down to meet her.
"She's been like this for almost an hour now. We found his helmet and re-attached it, all we can do now is wait."

Rosetta stood in the path of the pacing girl. When Mandy reached her, she startled out of her dream. Rosetta's soft arm encircled the her.
"C'mon dear, let's go for a walk. I've got the seedling ready in the nursery, you want to go meet them? I'm sure they'd love to meet you..."

Rosetta kept a steady stream of meaningless conversation pouring from her mouth to the maiden's ear, and the two walked off the porch towards the nursery. The Terran gave a grateful nod and promised to send word along should the Giant's condition change.

The nursery was unlocked, and the lights returned. The tiny seedlings chirruped like baby birds. Mandy followed behind rosetta, giving each plant a small touch and a smile. In the whirr of warming machinery, the two women never heard the click of a metallic spider in the brush just outside the door.

Her skirt was still wet from dragging the Ice Giant back through the woods. Mandy gathered up her skirts, and wrung the water out into the pots of the smallest seedlings. The little plants gave a shiver, the water was so cold, but one by one they joined in song. Mandy took a step back, then laughed to hear them.
"I know that song," she thought, "That's Dylan Woodrow!"
The tiny plants sang into the night..

As Robinnood and Little John
Walked by a bank of broom,
Said Robin in a mournful voice,
"I fear approaching doom."