The Tree wants water, for it seems free, like the sunlight. Both are required for it's self-perpetuation.
The Mudokon is... a Poor Schmuck. He has nifty Slig-status machines over his eyes though.. Good thing he doesn't notice he is actually appended to the entire mess.
Let it be known: The DS has different viewing angles. I rotated my device a LOT while drawing / using buttons.
This picture will look Odd for a LOT of people. That, and it probably won't make sense for 99.9% of the viewer