If Roland had the time to return to the Forest of Dreams across the waters, he wouldn't recognize it—it had changed by a significant amount.
The trees had grown taller, touching the clouds. There were even more strange green plants of all sorts. However, the biggest change of all didn't have anything to do with "nature."
"Ha! I managed to defeat a mutant zombie today. That was 10 Justice Points for me!"
"Nice, but I think there are only three Lesser Fruits of Strength remaining that can permanently increase your Strength stat. If you don't hurry and have enough points to exchange for one soon, you'll have to wait until next month."
"There are only three left? When I checked yesterday, there were still five of them. It's only the tenth of the month. Why are they decreasing at such a quick rate?"
