Author's note: this chapter is from Seraphina's point of view
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I did my best to ignore the sound of wasps above me and to focus on the plants and I found that was not difficult to do. The buzzing turned into background noise, and the visual stimuli were enough to distract me from any wasp-thoughts.
Plants around me were tall, short, thick, and thin, and anything in between. They came in different shapes and colors and some moved.
One plant had a big white circle at the top of its stem and small grooves on it that reminded me of eyes and mouth, like a smiley emoji. I got closer to observe it better and the mouth-groove opened, revealing two rows of jagged teeth.
Shocked, I took a step back. The friendly smiley face turned into an 'I'm-going-to-eat-you' face!
"Don't touch things!", Krob warned me harshly.
"I didn't touch it." I was offended that he is treating me like I'm a child.
"You were about to."
