"My guess is that Treantlings have no vitals at all. If a piece gets separated from its main body for too long, it dies due to the lack of nutrients while trying to regenerate its body." Lith said while passing the sample to Friya.
"Great guess and almost correct." Marth nodded. "A Treantling's only vital organs are their feet, where once the roots were. It's the only way they have to absorb their nourishment."
Once they had all examined it, he gave them a second crystal. This one held a sample of the same size, but its color was much more vibrant, with the brown of the bark covered in bright green streaks that made it look like a precious gemstone.
"This is a fragment of the skin of an infected Treantling, instead." Marth said.
"Really?" Quylla was once again the first to receive the sample. "Being an undead plague, I expected them to be rotting, gross, or at least show sign of…"