Question: Sid eats a lotus berry and becomes paralyzed. Would he suffer bad effects other than being paralyzed? He doesn't appear to be suffering any other ill effects.
Answer:No. Lotus berries won't cause paralyzing, but sleepiness. They are narcotic, not poisonous.
Answer: No. Lotus berries won't cause paralyzing, but sleepiness. They are narcotic, not poisonous.
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But Diego said that the berry would paralyze him.
Diego was probably unaware of its real effects.