to purify this traitor!
Douse her with oil! it is time for the flames of justice...
Enough!
Surely they’re not going to...
Burn her?!
Ha ha!
Do you wish to repent to God before you die?
No...
We aren’t doing anything wrong.
Huh?
We live in harmony with nature...
This woman is guilty of witchcraft!
Plants are a gift from God, and she had the audacity to hoard them!
For crimes against the Almighty and the state, we sentence her to burn at the stake!
What are they a l king at?
if I don’t find help, Toura won’t make it!
gulp... if only...
That they wouldn’t have remedies or doctors in town...
I WASN’T SO USELE .
How am I going to do this?
I never imagined the possibility...
Move it! We got work to do!
This is a merchant city. Ain’t no doctors here!
A doctor?
Medicinal plants?
I’ve never s n that in my life...
They barely ever make it down from the capital.
I wouldn’t se it to a country bumpkin!
Besides which, even if I had...
Or a doctor...
Surely someone has what I n d...
I n d some sort of remedy...
We don’t se fancy stu like that here!
Medicinal herbs?
What do I l k like?!
it’s b n so long since I ste ed f t outside...
What a desolate landscape.
if I found myself a alone... Would I be forced.... To live here with the other humans? That would be te ible...
I’ go into town...
I’m afraid...
Or someone who can help her.
Maybe I’ find be er medicine there
I have no choice!
Of leaving here...
And of ru ing into other humans... But...
Her health had go en this bad...
I hadn’t realized...
So the remedies HAVEN’T WORKED?
What wi I do?
What wi become of me...
if TOURA dies?
How long...
Has she b n coughing up bl d?
Do you n d help?
is everything ok? You’re coughing rea y hard!
I’d much rather
Spend my life here, with TOURA...
Something’s not right...
Than go to Eden. H ...
I planted that s d a while ago... But it doesn’t s m to want to sprout. if
only I could talk to it... Sigh...
And l k after it.
Tish tosh! You’re very talented!
I kept it for g d luck...
But, now I’d like you to plant it...
Are you crazy? I’ me it up! it would be ha ier with you!
I’m counting on you...
What’s so great about Eden, anyway?
Sigh...
I’ve always dreamed...
Of going there...
in Eden, we are safe!
But only a select few are a owed to set f t on that sacred site...
There are many witches...
Listen carefu y!
The place where life found refuge so long ago...
That’s a you ever talk about...
One day, you wi be so powerful that you wi reach Eden!
The plants wi never a ept me!
it’s up to someone like you to take care of them...
Of course they wi , my dear! Stop wo ying so much...
You are my a rentice, after a !
I’m sure you’ hear them s n...
THE W�TCHES...
S�NCE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE LANGUAGE OF THE PLANTSALSO KNOWN AS AMURDS -THEY WERE ALLOWED TO L�VE ALONGS�DE THEM...
W�TCHES ARE VERY SPEC�AL HUMANS.
I can’t even hear the Amurds’ voices!
SUDDENLY APPEARED.
And the plants are thri ed!
You’ve taken g d care of it... it’s thriving...
And the stems were stronger!
Don’t say that...
it’s plain to s
I’ never measure up.
I s ...
When you were in charge...
The flowers were in fu er bl m...
You’re just saying that to make me f l be er!
Everything I touch... instantly loses its radiance!
Don’t wo y about me...
And you rea y should be resting!
What are you doing here, Toura?!
You’re rea y not much g d at remedies, Pili!
Today, I f l fit as a fi le...
Maybe so, but...
You shouldn’t wear yourself out!
Don’t be such a wo ywart...
I’d at least like to s how the garden’s doing...
… Ack! You’re right... I’m such an airhead!
You also foRgot the LiNDEN FLOWERS.
That's Strange…
This should be ground into powder by now!
The secret is to let the ingredients dry in the sun…
And then grind everything in sma batches…

OF THE OASES WHERE THE W � TCHES H � DE.

W � TH THE E CEPT�ON...

THE WORLD HAS BEEN L � TTLE MORE THAN A VAST EXPANSE OF SAND AND STONE...
LEAV�NG THE EXECUT � ONERS TO THE � R FATE. AND EVER S � NCE THEN...

THEN THEY W � THDREW...
DEEPLY SADDENED...

THE PLANTS WRAPPED THEMSELVES AROUND THE AN �MALS TO PROTECT THEM...
UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE OF OTHER L � V� NG BE � NGS...
HUMANS HAD NO QUALMS ABOUT HURT � NG THEM.
THEY RESPECTED ONE ANOTHER AND L � VED � N HARMONY W � TH THE � R ENV� RONMENT...

UNT�L A L�FE-FORM APPEARED THAT WOULD DESTROY TH�S BALANCE... HUMANK�ND.
ONCE UPON A T�ME, ALL L�V�NG BE�NGS ON EARTH COMMUN�CATED W�TH ONE ANOTHER...