in TWEWY there’s this expensive food item called cordyceps

even though the description says it’s a parasitic fungus, I always thought it was a ginger root-type thing with a stem on top

but then I read the august issue of national geographic

and it turns out that I’ve been feeding neku and joshua THIS

THE PART THAT I THOUGHT WAS THE ROOT IS A DEAD CATERPILLAR

AND THE “STEM” IS THE FUNGUS THAT KILLED IT AND IS GROWING THROUGH ITS BRAIN

NO WONDER IT MAKES THEIR BRAVERY GO UP SO MUCH HOLY SHIT