"Alandia, what's the connection between woodcraft and prosthetic technology?"
"All plants in the Mechanical State share a common trait: they undergo targeted mutations towards becoming 'practical tools' as their environment changes. Moreover, the definition of an environment for wood mechanisms is broader than that of humans; for them, it's not just high temperatures or extreme cold, but also something like the wind that makes them produce sound, or even other species they coexist with."
Alandia pointed across the street to the prosthetic shop "Deep Green Stump," which had a logo in the style of a unified comics series: a little boy giving a thumbs-up with his wooden hand, showing a joyful smile.
"Whoa, so human flesh is also a kind of 'environment' for plants...," Qiluo shuddered, "Feels like being parasitized by a Paras, it's so scary!"
"Qiluo, do you want some juice?"
