Gordan quickly shut the door he so longed to keep open. Starring at the huge flower that was now in the form of a huge mouth.

“Y- you are The Earth?”

“ I AM “

“Um, uh, okay… Over the last few weeks, I’ve been feeling, I don’t know, pulled in a way, sort of, to this, uhh, shack..”

Gordan waited for a response, but it only swayed gently back and forth, as if looking at him without eyes.

”...I was wondering if you, I mean The Earth, could tell me why…?”

“ THEN THE WORD IS TRUE . IF YOU WERE INDEED SENT HERE , THEN I AM IN DANGER .“

“No, you don’t understand, I wasen’t sent-”

The mouth inturupted with a flurry of shouts.

“ DO NOT TELL ME WHAT I UNDERSTAND . YOU WERE DRAWN HERE TO PROTECT ME . YOU’RE USLESS . I’M RISKING MY SAFTY BY LETTING YOU IN HERE . YOU ARE ALONE , ARE YOU NOT ?“

The mouth rose meacingly over his head.

“N…No, a friend showed me the way, he’s just outside-”

“...BEN. GORDAN YOU FOOL !“

The vines ripped from the walls and knocked Gordan to the floor.