As Alex found a steady schedule between absorbing the Void and the Sun, Shumi alternated between staying with him and going into his Soul Space to be with the World Tree.
The World Tree was now much happier than before, allowing Whisker to talk to her directly and feed her whenever she felt hungry. Being able to ask for meals was so much better for the tree than before, when she had to instead wait in hope that there was someone to give her a little more than the minute amount of energy she took in from the ground.
Whisker could give her any Immortal-grade poison Alex had gathered, and she would consume it without question. At that point, they began wondering if she could be safe from Divine-grade poisons too, but for the sake of not making any mistakes, she wasn't fed any.
