Charles leaned against the colorful tree trunk with his eyes closed, arms folded, and brows knitted into a deep frown. The freakish Mudling's imitation of the Ropelings' behavior made him think of something—could there be a fearsome entity on the island forcing everyone to move like how the Ropelings did for them to survive?2

Charles looked around and felt somewhat reassured upon seeing Lily's mice friends on the lookout. Even if there was such a fearsome entity, there was no way that entity could catch them off guard with the mice keeping tabs.2

A few minutes later, Linda's voice echoed from the hollowed-out tree. 0

"Captain, you can come in," Linda said calmly, "He has regained some of his human instincts."0

Charles went inside with the other crew members. The fire from their torches illuminated the surroundings, and they were astonished to...0