It was just the epicenter where the new stories grow.
For one thing, the story had grown with each retelling.
It is entirely up to the player how the stories will grow and end.
The story would grow into a monster before she was done with it.
The stories grew more fantastic as they passed from one to another.
It also explains how the story grew from this first idea into the published version.
But the story grows more complicated, for at least five reasons.
The other characters joined her when the story grew into a play.
The story just grew out of what the characters came to be.
The story grew with each new telling until at last they had made him a legend.