[IC] New Crobuzon & the World Beyond

[Crozar the Sunspot]

When Crozar is finished moving the spider and collecting all of his chakris, Simon approaches the Cactacae and asks, "May I see the fruit you collected from your body.  I'd like to test it to see if it as any special properties."

Crozar closes the book and opens its hip bag to dig out one of the odd fruit.  "Thank you for the reminder, Simon.  I had meant to take a closer look at them as well.  As far as I am aware Cactacae do not produce fruit of any kind, although flowering is common if well-fed and well-watered.  Reproduction involves the production of a bulb but these fruit are very different than that," says Crozar.  It pulls a fruit from the bag and holds it out for Simon. Crozar adds, "I was also surprised, although I don't know why, that it appears to have been a single growth.  I would appreciate if you could check my back periodically to see if there are any more appearing.  Perhaps it is some influence of the giant?  Either that or I was hit by just a fraction of the Torque effect that cause Ning to spawn rodents."