“It will work,” I confirmed. “It worked before.” “On who?” he said, intrigued. “On a little mammal named Hadrocodium,” I explained. “He lived almost two hundred million years ago and he spent most of his time hiding from the dinosaurs, who would step on him if he didn’t watch out. Do you remember the magnolia tree in front of the house where we lived when you were little-little?” I asked. “That tree out front was the great-great-great-great-and-more-grandchild of the first flower, which looked like it. It was just born as a brand-new kind of plant when Hadrocodium was running around. One day
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