[ because it is laurence, and taair always wants to give him answers, he frowns, hard, trying to concentrate. his head hurts, and badly. ]

I don't... really know what the armor was. [ there are only so many mara struck critters we can get away with sneaking past cyoa reveal in ] ... But... the flowers grow on the body of long-lived creatures, and it eventually drives them mad. It is... not supposed to occur, to foxians. Exacerbated by stress, and extreme pain. I suppose I was unlucky...