...Gets Thoroughly interrupted

It took a few days for Zhen Liu and Lythero to reach Lake of Six Iguanas, not because of anything truly difficult getting in their way, but because the former had been acting...weird.

To be more precise, Zhen Liu had been acting like a hardcore survivalist.

"Uh...Zhen Liu, are you good?"

"Yes, why?"

"You've been harvesting grubs from practically every tree for the past mile or so."

"They're good sources of protein."

"Right..."

Zhen Liu had made sure to explain to Lythero about [Cores of Desire], how he had to digest several of them at once in order to give himself a power boost prior to fighting the Cortez Company and that there was a non-zero chance of there being...side effects.