Torchwood drabble: Polypodium polypodioides

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Title: Polypodium polypodioides
Author: rustydog
Characters: Gwen, Owen
Rating: G
Notes: Written for tw100's challenge #116 - Resurrection and writercon100. Set between s1 and s2.



"This plant's dead," Gwen observed while visiting Owen in the new botany lab.

Owen glanced over. "Nah, that's resurrection fern, look." He took a bottle, spritzing the curled leaves twice. "Tomorrow it'll be green, right as rain. It 'dies' without water and comes back when it gets some."

Gwen touched the brown fronds experimentally. "It really looks dead."

Owen shrugged. "It still grows in the Americas. I was going to get rid of it, actually—it's not alien, just in the wrong place and time."

Gwen felt a surprising pang. "No, keep it. I think Jack would like it."

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