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Random mermaid
Aloe doesn't care if you leave it bareroot on the kitchen counter for a week. Neither does jade. Kohleria turns into a funny worm thing. Pilea peperomioides will always come back, even from a stump. Hoya carnosa refuses to dry up. Floating plants can't be overwatered. String of turtles propagates from anything. Mother of thousands survives being buried alive in a jar underneath my nightstand.

Kids sometimes latch on to the oddest aspects of a situation. They're people with opinions and experiences and priorities, and their emotions are close to the surface, and no amount of reasoning with them will always get the outcome you think is correct.