Lying her way out.

"I will need to explain in detail..." the Snake muttered in a low voice. Ozul had earlier said that he did not have enough time, so she worried that if she began to explain everything in detail, he would get angry at her.

"Go on," said Ozul. He did not mind a long explanation as long as she did not spout nonsense.

"The fog that is spread in kilometers radiusss of this place is actually generated by this garden. It is all actually done naturally. Every hundred years, this process ssstarts all over again just in preparation for the Lotusss to bloom," the Snake explained. However, she would sometimes extend the words with 'S' sound.

"First of all, the garden chooses a suitable place to settle down. In those hundred years, all it does is to find a proper place to ssstart the process. After it has found a place, it would start to ssslowly corrupt the trees and plants in the surroundings."