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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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Volcanic soil is [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/volcanic-soil generally fertile].
  
[[Beret Guy]] seems to be using {{w|volcano}} seeds to grow a tiny volcano to fertilize [[Cueball]]'s garden. In reality, volcanoes are caused by the pressure of {{w|magma}} (underground lava) from below the Earth's crust pushing up through it, not seeds.{{Citation needed}}
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Sulfate {{w|aerosol}}s from volcanic eruptions may cause a [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/volcanic-soil short-term cooling effect].
  
In the first panel, Beret Guy states that he made these seeds himself, presumably using his proven skill at [[2446: Spike Proteins|exotic bioengineering]]. It is unclear whether his volcano is capable of {{w|Plant propagation|self-propagating}} but, until his 'help' with maintaining the garden, there would probably be no particular risk of volcanic activity.
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==Transcript==
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:[Cueball is standing, holding a trowel. Beret guy is kneeling, and pouring the content of a small bag in a hole in the ground.]
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:Cueball: Thanks for the gardening help!
  
Volcanic soil is [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/volcanic-soil generally fertile] and replenishes depleted elements in the soil, just like commercial fertilizers. However, the process of eruption is destructive to whatever plants are ''presently'' in the garden, as Cueball points out. Beret Guy's announcement in the final panel resembles the voice-over from a nature documentary.
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:Beret guy: I made these seeds myself!
  
The title text alludes to the fact that sulfate {{w|aerosol}}s from volcanic eruptions may cause a [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/volcanic-soil short-term cooling effect] because the aerosols in the atmosphere block out energy from the sun. This expands on the comedy from a small scale volcano by adding small scale volcano effects. Realistically a small supply of aerosols would be blown away and dispersed by wind. Not to mention the fact that, of course, the currently flowing lava is potentially harmful to all plants near the garden anyway.
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:[Beret guy is standing next to a small eruption coming from the ground.]
  
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:[Same scene, eruption is now a knee-high volcano. It produces fumes.]
:[Cueball is standing, holding a trowel, in a vague outdoor area. Beret Guy is kneeling, one hand on the ground, as he carefully pours the contents of a small bag into a hole in the ground with the other.]
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:Cueball: Thanks for the gardening help!
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:Beret guy: The infusion of nutrient-rich volcanic soil will revitalize your garden.
:Beret Guy: I made these seeds myself!
 
  
:[Beret Guy is now standing next to a small eruption coming from the ground.]
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:[Same scene, the volcano is now waist-high. There are flames on its sides.]
  
:[Beret Guy looks down on a knee-high volcano in full eruption. It produces a large plume above and smaller clouds above that, which are mainly drifting away from Beret Guy. Lava flows down from the top of the volcano.]
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:Voice outside the picture from the direction of Cueball: All my plants are on fire.
:Beret Guy: The infusion of nutrient-rich volcanic soil will revitalize your garden.
 
  
:[Beret Guy spread his arms out to the sides as he looks at the now waist-high volcano. The plume is much bigger, more lava is flowing from the top and there are flames on its sides. Cueball speaks from off-panel.]
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:Beret guy: But soon, life will return to these slopes!
:Cueball (off-panel): All my plants are on fire.
 
:Beret Guy: But soon, life will return to these slopes!
 
  
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]]
[[Category:Strange powers of Beret Guy]]
 
 
[[Category:Volcanoes]]
 
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