The hidden carnivorous nature of the mushrooms couldn’t be understated. In the depths of the sands were an untold number of skeletons, and more were added to their number each day. They had claimed a multitude of souls, luring creatures in with their succulent-looking fruit, and had covered the desert for as far as Jay could see.

Cutting away the fruit was a slow process as the skeletons only had three lizard heads, and there were hundreds of the red fruit on each mushroom – though they would only need to remove the ones around the outside of each mushroom and slip by at least.

Jay would have made more skeletons cut the fruit away, but he wanted some to be lookouts and remain vigilant for threats.