Alex could hear the guilt and sadness in the tree's words. He tried to think of what the tree could be talking about that it regretted, and while some answers came to him, nothing could be confirmed.
So he asked it to explain.
"Unlike the other plants that thrive off soil and sunlight, I was given the ability to absorb all Yin in the surroundings to grow instead. That was the blessing mother gave me. I was free to use it all my life, or so I had thought."
"After father and mother did what they did, I hadn't realized that I could no longer do what I was doing. I drew in too much Yin and grew. And the more I grew, the more Yin I collected."
"After many years of growing without restraint, I turned this world into an ocean of Yang, devouring any Yin that formed at all. And when that happened, the balance that formed Heaven was skewed."
"Heaven began to disappear because of me."
