Man since that encounter with nature I'm having a difficult time believing that Deborah is just some hallucination that is forming from the high that MC gets from those mushrooms. Some hallucination isn't going to, on multiple occasions mind you, warn you of some environmental hazards that you otherwise would not have noticed, warn you of an incoming ambush and then later on save you by teaching you how to connect with nature and communicate with the wildlife so you dont get killed by them, and all the while during that same encounter personally interacting with said wildlife who was sensing her presence (heightened senses and a strong connection with nature wont help you see some other person or being's hallucination). There's clearly a connection to those mushrooms with her but I think she's real. I'd say this leaves room for potential supernatural elements in the future.
