As agreed, Joseph took Zero and Truen out discreetly to a coma patient's house. The patient's name was Birb Blunder and he was a carpenter who worked at Madeline's Artisan Workshop.
"How long has it been since he had fallen into a coma?" Zero asked and Joseph sighed.
"He's been in a coma for about a year now. It happened one day when he slept with his windows open and a mushroom suddenly grew right outside of his house. We've chopped that mushroom down but that stupid fungi has grown five more since then," the garrison head explained.
Zero asked if he could be carried outside to take a look at the mushrooms that Joseph talked about. The giant obliged and cautioned Zero not to touch it or get too close. He even advised the doctor to wear a mask. Truen remained behind on Zero's request. The wood elf was simply not equipped to handle the spores and Zero had taken precautions using advanced magic that Truen wasn't capable of.
