If the World Tree had been passively feeding on everything that came toward it, it now came alive, finally interacting with the world outside.
"Mother, you're back!" the tree said in an excited voice that only Shumi could hear.
Shumi had heard about the beasts and trees calling the Moon Goddess mother, but now that she heard it herself, she couldn't help but feel as though she was their mother.
An instinct born out of her current ascendancy to Godhood.
Whisker attempted to get close, but he could not get any closer than the fifth mountain. Even here, his spiritual sense was constantly being burned away by the World Tree, so he could only rely on his eyes.
"Whisker, call out to Shumi," Alex's voice came to him. "Tell her to calm the World Tree. It's hurting my head."
Whisker nodded. "Sister Shumi!" he shouted. "The tree is hurting brother. You need to calm it down."
