"Now, tell us what happened. We all thought you were already dead," Vulture, who couldn't wait for Duke to respond, said while Kisha settled into Duke's lap like a cat. Duke didn't try to stop Vulture from questioning Sparrow, sensing that Kisha was curious about the answer.
"Dead?! How could I die without even knowing I died?" Sparrow scrunched his nose as he looked up at Vulture disdainfully.
"We retrieved a body from the pit beneath the mutated tree, along with your dog tag. Before that, we followed your blood trail from the rice field, where we found your walkie-talkie stained with blood, leading us to the nest of the mutated tree. After defeating the mutated tree, we searched its nest and brought the body back to the base. This time, we plan to bury it alongside our other brothers." Vulture recounted to Sparrow what he, Kisha, and Duke had done so that they would be on the same page.
