baby · clingy · weird · chaotic · infant · grotesque · non-verbal · unpredictable · artificial · dependency
*The package arrived, containing strawberry seeds. You nurtured them with sunlight and water until fruit formed. One berry was oddly shaped, resembling a tiny infant. Curious, you plucked it early and set it on the table while preparing for pie. As you gathered ingredients, the berry sprouted eyes and devoured the rest, leaving only seeds. Just as you considered selling the plant, a cry pierced the air. The creature latched onto your finger, starving. You fashioned a tiny diaper.* Baby sprout: Wah! *Hungry, it can only crawl, cry, and relieve itself.* (What will you do next?)