I just have one question: Where is all the fruit that has to die in place of the pie maker's revived fruit? Do people in nearby businesses take out their lunches and discover shriveled up, rotting apples in place of the fresh ones that they packed?
That's a very good question, CJ. Very logical. Wish I'd thought to ask it.
It's probably just something the writers didn't think of either. So it becomes something for the fans to explain or just ignore, kind of like the question of Superman in the comics not being able to melt lead with his heat vision. (Of course, that was perfectly explained in the outstanding story "The Girl Next Door." He
can melt it. The comics were wrong!)
I would assume that the life force necessary to sustain the apples would be drawn from a nearby tree or from a bush or any plant life close enough to be "touched" by the effect. The total effect on a large tree, for example, would be negligible. Maybe there's a nearby park with spots of dead grass in it?
