Seed
Seed is the mapped destination beyond the silos: a stocked concrete tower and compact bunker whose deeper cavern may have been intended for a digger.
Story so far
Charlotte interpreted lines on a map as routes to a place marked S-E-E-D, believing it might offer something better; this was initially a theory. Juliette later reasoned that the diggers’ projected headings could locate the destination and estimate its distance, and hoped the point where their routes met would offer a safer life.
The destination lies in its own bowl-shaped depression, across a green valley from the fifty silo sites. A concrete tower partly hidden by tall grass and vines contains clothing, tools, canned food, and sealed bags of labeled seeds. Its door has been blown open despite being designed to open from within.
The bunker packs twenty levels into roughly the height of seven ordinary levels. Its twin stairwells end in an empty cavern on bare rock, which someone speculates could be a landing place for a digger. The survivors have found no generator.
Appearance
A concrete tower stands in a bowl-shaped basin amid tall grass and vines. Below it, twenty compact levels and twin stairwells lead to an empty rock-floored cavern.
Role
It is a stocked destination inferred from the silo plans and reached by the survivors; the cavern’s intended use remains uncertain.
Relationships
Sources — 12 recorded facts, by chapter
- Charlotte believes the map’s lines lead to a better place marked S-E-E-D.
- Charlotte’s belief that the destination is a better place remains a theory.
- Juliette believes the diggers’ projected routes could reveal the location and distance of Seed.
- Juliette identifies an unnamed destination where the diggers’ projected routes meet and hopes it offers a safer life.
- The destination lies in a separate bowl-shaped depression beyond a green valley from the fifty silo sites.
- A concrete tower in the basin is partly hidden by tall grass and vines.
- The concrete tower holds clothing, tools, canned food, and sealed bags of labeled seeds.
- The tower’s door has been blown open despite being designed to open from within.
- The bunker has twenty tightly packed levels occupying roughly the height of seven ordinary levels.
- The bunker’s twin stairwells end in an empty cavern on bare rock.
- Someone speculates that the cavern at the bottom of the bunker is a landing place for a digger.
- The survivors find no generator in the bunker.