Podflower.aby_sekara.1.var -

Aby Sekara was not a botanist by choice; she was a survivor by necessity.

It registered a human brain wave. Aby Sekara had successfully recorded her variance. PodFlower.Aby_Sekara.1.var

: Its petals were fused with silicon to withstand the intense UV radiation piercing the dome's cracked glass. Aby Sekara was not a botanist by choice;

The final entry in the file was marked by a spike in the data stream. : Its petals were fused with silicon to

In the final seconds of the visual data attached to the file, the camera shook. Aby’s hand, thin and pale, reached out to touch the glowing core of the PodFlower. The pod was vibrating. It was not cracking open like a fruit; it was unfurling like a mechanical iris.

: The plant fed on the iron and glucose in Aby's waste. To keep it alive, she was quite literally feeding it herself.