holyshit the worldbuilding and everything is super immersive!
SPOILER: oooo did the mushroom consume/fuse with puddletoot at the end LOL? i assume the little mushroom baby is from a far away place and it got kidnapped by an old military unit, and now it’s using puddletoot to try and go home. or maybe it’s more of a transdencential experience-puddletoot is experiencing a memories of the past-and it doesn’t really harm puddletoot in anyway. (my bad if none of my interpretation is correct LOL)
super cool story and worldbuilding!