"It is an abyssal sub-species of extraordinary fern plants."
Uther's tone shifted to the steady rhythm typical of when explaining professional knowledge:
"They are one of the few highly intelligent plant life forms in the Abyss, capable of detecting the source of fear in approaching creatures through special sensory abilities, and then projecting it into illusions.
For an Abyssal Explorer, the greatest fear is encountering an Apostle, so they often create illusions of Apostles."
Ron squinted his eyes; the traits of such organisms indeed held significant research value:
"Why do they do this? For predation? Defense? Or some form of communication?"
"Primarily as a defense mechanism." Uther replied,
"The physical defense ability of the Peyoro Peyoro Grass is very weak, but their illusion-generating ability is extremely sophisticated, capable of scaring away most potential threats.
