"That's weird," Zelos pronounced as he fell back onto his bed. "You'd think a living tree would sprout flowers everywhere it walks."

Gardening, on the other hand... huh. Zelos eyed the metal shelving unit, now exposed by the ragged cardboard. It looked heavy, and sounded heavy when the door thumped against it, and since Zelos could theoretically scale his strength up and down now, he should really offer to help move it somewhere where it wasn't in the way.

Instead, he found himself wondering more about what being a living tree was like.

"If you cut off one of your leaves," Zelos asked, "would it grow into a whole new person?"