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| rdfs:comment | - A host tree is a species of tree native to Rathillien whose leaves are like migratory insects, which migrate from a northern host to a southern host tree and back every year. They hatch from cocoons on the northern host in the fall and fly to their southern host, where they over-winter before returning to the northern host in the spring. When the cocoons are about to hatch, a rap on the tree's trunk can initiate the hatching and flying away. The migratory leaves are golden-veined.
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| Quote | - He rapped its trunk lightly.
- He stepped up to another tree covered with what looked like a myriad of small cocoons. "Here's something rarer, though. It's called a 'host.' Watch."
- "But when will they fall?" asked Jame, staring after them.
- All the cocoons burst open. A flurry of pale green new leaves leaped into the air and vanished, golden veins flashing, into the upper mist.
- "Not until they reach their winter host tree far to the south. They'll come back in the spring…"
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| abstract | - A host tree is a species of tree native to Rathillien whose leaves are like migratory insects, which migrate from a northern host to a southern host tree and back every year. They hatch from cocoons on the northern host in the fall and fly to their southern host, where they over-winter before returning to the northern host in the spring. When the cocoons are about to hatch, a rap on the tree's trunk can initiate the hatching and flying away. The migratory leaves are golden-veined. The leaves are seen landing on trees in the Heart of the Woods the south, near the Cataracts. in Seeker's Mask, when Jame goes back with the weirdingstrom in the spring, she sees the leaves leaving, heading back up north.
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