The Plant - A Steampunk Story #721612

On an unauthorized trip to the local factory, a young boy discovers an unusual plant growing in the steam pipes. He keeps quiet about it, afraid he would be punished, while he watches intently the town people’s concerns about the plant’s unbelievable resilience grow stronger by the minute. The plant keeps growing and seems to be inextricably fused with the steam pipe system and soon people realize it would be impossible to remove it without destroying the factory equipment. Fortunately for them, it seems to be optimizing its output and energy efficiency. It ends up transforming the life of the city and starting a bio-mechanical hybrid revolution.