"Mutated plants are usually very dangerous, so it's best to strike first before we know more about them. Anyway, we have plenty of orange trees in the orchard, so it doesn't matter if we lose one. Plus, what if the mutated plant bullies the other trees? It could compete for nutrients and squeeze them out of their space. We can't let it stay, no matter what."
"I got it." Go Okrim nodded earnestly. "What about Little Oakie?"
Kim Haru glanced over at Little Oakie, who was diligently cleaning out the pigpen. "Little Oakie is different from other mutated plants. It's never shown any sign of wanting to attack us and even helped us fix the pigpen last time. It's a good mutated plant, so it can stay."
Mutated plants like the lotus and pigweed, which are harmless and beneficial to the farm, could stay too. Kim Haru considered himself a reasonable person who wouldn't judge all of them the same way.
