It thrived because—and this was a crucial point for Nina—the New Wetland was made of weeds. (“No, not like kudzu,” she insisted, describing their selective use of terminator seeds for bad actors.) Globalized weeds, adapted for a new world. They scattered, adapted, resisted, and survived. And like any good weed, the New Wetland wanted to spread. The Myth wasn’t just their laboratory: it was their working prototype