Puzzletober 2026: Bake
Once the trio are certain they haven't been followed, they rest in a serene meadow. Renn's stomach growls. He says, "I didn't expect to need so many rations. We may have to stock up on food somewhere." To this, Terra says, "I can grow something for us." She brushes aside some flowers and concentrates on a lone patch of grass. Suddenly, a tomato bush begins to grow, its orbs beginning to manifest among the leaves... but it stops short. Terra staggers weakly. She exerts, "I must be low on mana again." After some slight hesitation, a small sector of flowers wilts. Then, the bush matures. Felix decides to bake some of the tomatoes while Terra slowly focuses to restore the flowers alongside her mana.
Renn tells her, "You seem to know your power well. What else have you grown before?" Terra says, "My master loves exotic fruits. If I find a plant, I can grow it later. I keep many seeds. And I have been spending lots of mana on a giant paper tree. I do not know why my master wants it to be a paper tree. I know wood that is much stronger." She looks back at the harvested bush and says, "To grow what I want is nice."
Rules: Solve as a Tents (using the sprouts as trees and tomatoes as tents) and draw a line that passes through all the cells without plants. Number clues may be cut in half as many times as needed. A cell with a horizontal arrow indicates that the line passes straight horizontally through the cell; a cell with a vertical arrow indicates that the line passes straight vertically through the cell.
