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Seedlings - February 2002

By Rob Bleckly

The last person on Earth was dying when the aliens floated down. Alien thought scented the breeze.

'We can save you... or your race,' the fragrance suggested. 'Choose.'

She watched them harvest, divide, then nurture her planted ova. Earth's seedling population blossomed. Such pretty humans all in a row.

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