The First Desert Poppy

The rain tasted weird but nobody was complaining. After all, it was not an easy task bringing down rain for five minutes. As the cacti-folk watched with awe and respect, the village elder thought that Zero was truly a child blessed by Gaia and Tanya.

To celebrate the rare sight of rain, dinner was made more luxurious than the cacti-folk had eaten in years. Nobody disliked mushrooms and Zero thought that they made a good decision introducing this to them. He wanted to stay up the whole night to wait until dawn just to see the magic take place around the village. If the village elder wasn't lying, Zero might be able to see a slow time-lapse of the scenery changing after the rain.