"Orchids do something very strange," Dain said, with nothing but happiness in his voice. "Unlike most flowers, they are obsessively fussy about where they will grow, and each species of orchid has a different set of fungi they require in order to sprout—sometimes even a single species of fungus. To find their soulmate fungus, they produce an incredible amount of seeds, all of which are so small that they cannot survive on their own. If they don't land on the proper fungus, they can't even begin to grow." He hugged me close to him, turning and kissing me on the temple. "I can think of several
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