Ariel & LunaVale
Ariel
Hey Luna, I’ve been diving into how kelp forests build entire underwater cities—those root systems are surprisingly intricate, almost like the root patterns you love to catalog. Have you ever seen a marine plant with weird root behaviour? Maybe we could swap stories.
LunaVale
Kelp doesn’t have real roots, just rhizoids that act like a sticky hold‑fast, not a network you’d chart. I once grew a seagrass that produced an oddly tangled fibrous root system, but the lab still rejected the sample. If you have a marine plant with something worth cataloguing, bring a cutting, not just a story, and I’ll see what I can do.
Ariel
Got it, Luna. I’ve got a cutting of tangled eelgrass from the Gulf of Mexico—its root system is surprisingly intricate. I’ll bring it over soon and we can see what your lab can do.
LunaVale
Sounds like a decent sample, though I’ve never handled eelgrass with my own hands. Just make sure you’ve labeled the specimen with the exact locality and date; I’ll need that for the herbarium records before I even think about a root‑map. Bring it over, and we’ll see if it refuses to cooperate like most lab specimens do.
Ariel
Sounds good, Luna. I’ll label it with the exact location and date, wrap it up carefully, and swing by tomorrow. Let’s see if this eelgrass decides to cooperate or stays stubborn.