Chapter 80

I couldn’t just willy nilly interweave some of the repelling compound into the already mature proto lichen mushrooms. They were already done growing.

I could however grow some repelling chem spores on the proto lichen mushrooms but those were meant for aerial dispersal. If I did did that I would have to continuously release them. What I needed was to have the mushrooms themselves repel animals.

This would be so simple if I could just grow the mushrooms like an inch more and incorporate the chemical compound that way. Wait I’m dumb why don’t I just do that?

Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site.

I can’t interweave the compound within the already grown mushrooms but I can grow the stalk of the mushroom and interweave the chemical there.

I got that started and checked in on the pain mushroom. The nutrients I was feeding it was really helping out. I could tell because the pain I was feeling from the assimilated bit I had within me was gradually lessening.

… hmmm.

You know … doing something beneficial for the pain mushroom like this was really rewarding. Even back when I was human, doing something as simple as picking up trash while on my way to wherever I was going would really give me a good feeling for the rest of the day.

And … well, I was just thinking why couldn’t I do the same here? I mean there’s a whole bunch of nutrients at the second hub just laying there doing nothing.

And I’m not really doing anything, I mean I have my various projects going on but what if I helped some more?