"You got it, Unca Scrooge," Lexi said, with a bit of a sigh. "And we'll figure something out. Just try to relax, okay?"

Ooh that did not get a good reaction. Not that she'd been expecting one, of course, but she stood by her advice. A little eyeroll before she turned her attention to the vegetable patch.

It was boring, and her hand twitched toward the pocket her phone was in- Wait, speaking of twitches, had that plant moved? Maybe...?

And then it was gone, pulled down through the ground below.

"Oh, come on!"