This body is synthetic. It was made for me by Crowley and Cherenkov as a gift. [ A pause. The corners of his mouth curl up as he remembers. ] They really pushed for a feline body, but I held out. Opposable thumbs are very practical, wouldn't you say?
[ Okay, more seriously: ]
I don't know how much you read about my species' history. Most of it is ugly, and I won't even try to deny that. You'll be hard-pressed to find Taraxa nowadays who Walk on borrowed time, though. They either build or clone bodies. ALASTAIR employed groups of us, usually for infiltration or espionage, because we're naturally good mimics. Sorcerers would make bodies out of magitek for us to inhabit.
[ He stills. The next bit is ugly. ]
You're right about the nose and ear: on a living host, those are the points of entry. Do you think most people would survive that?
no subject
[ Okay, more seriously: ]
I don't know how much you read about my species' history. Most of it is ugly, and I won't even try to deny that. You'll be hard-pressed to find Taraxa nowadays who Walk on borrowed time, though. They either build or clone bodies. ALASTAIR employed groups of us, usually for infiltration or espionage, because we're naturally good mimics. Sorcerers would make bodies out of magitek for us to inhabit.
[ He stills. The next bit is ugly. ]
You're right about the nose and ear: on a living host, those are the points of entry. Do you think most people would survive that?