I watched you on stream working on this episode, I remember specifically that you were working on the animation for Shrike playing the guitar and getting frustrated. That was a very fun stream and I would love to join in for more of them. But amazing work as always, I got goosebumps when "Us" (I'm just gonna call them mushroom head) was talking about the parasitic moldy stuff which took over bot mushroom head and little tip (mushroom head's "friend" that they talked about.) Really was a good contrast to last episode where Shrike and Beebs couldn't save the little crystal guys from shilly-shally.
Now I'm just wondering what influenced you when creating the Tarins as another looming threat in this universe. Side tangent: there is a mushroom called Cordyceps, or "Himalayan Viagra." just as a fun fact for anybody who bothered with their day to read this.