The fruits bounced on the river's dark waters, watched closely by astral projections of hundreds of scouts that were marking their way downward.
Very soon, the fruits were noticed by countless hungry beasts in the water and in the sky. First, they were suspicious and fearful of poisons and other means of defence, but then the first of them found bravery and lunged for the precious fruit!
One by one, the fruits began disappearing under the water surface when the fish-beasts lunged for them. Then, some courageous dragons swooped from the sky to grab a few of them.
The fruits that were larger than a bee's head were almost bite-sized for dragons. Although smaller dragon-beasts could be satisfied with a few of them, many others quickly noticed more interesting prey—all the other beasts attracted by the fruits' sight and smell!
