Janine sighed.
Randall laughed and shook his head, following most of her arguments, but not the implications. All he understood was that the two shouldn't exist alongside each other.
“Such specificity and dominance is contrary to evolutionary dynamics. A single plant simply can't have developed like this.”
“Could it be at the peak of its—”
“That's it!” she shouted. “Of course!” She lurched across the console and planted a wet kiss on his cheek. “That must be it! Evolutionary imbalances are always corrected. Always!”
Bemused, Randall chuckled, feeling a warmth that had seemed missing from his life for quite some time. And feeling embarrassed by it.
Then she froze. “One small assumption,” she said, her voice quiet.
Randall saw Rockdale on the horizon. “What assumption?”
“That animal
