This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous nursery rhyme: "The root of a wish tree." The nursery rhyme tells us that a wishing tree is a tree that has been there thousands of years and that people wish on it because they believe it will help them in the future. The nursery rhymes also tell us that the root of the wish tree is the same root that the tree demon is using to capture minor demons. The tree demon, according to the nursery rhyme, has been capturing these minor demons and using them to grow itself.
This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous nursery rhyme: "The root of a wish tree." The nursery rhyme tells us that a wishing tree is a tree that has been there thousands of years and that people wish on it because they believe it will help them in the future. The nursery rhymes also tell us that the root of the wish tree is the same root that the tree demon is using to capture minor demons. The tree demon, according to the nursery rhyme, has been capturing these minor demons and using them to grow itself.