Priscilla let herself go limp in Joel's arms, nestled her head on his shoulder. Beneath them the sea of vegetation flooded down the streets, swarmed over the buildings. "The new Eden," said Joel. He glanced down into Priscilla's upturned face. What he saw there set his pulse racing. He had come a long way, he realized, from the dissatisfied specialist in animal husbandry. He had come a long way, but it was only the beginning.