Galvanize

Myriad Reality

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Are dragons really considered reptiles?

@Nimda

Mmmm, I mean, we aren’t reptiles exactly…
*thinks*
Actually, I think I remember Mom saying something that Reptiles are descendants of my kind waaay down the branch.

Myriad Reality

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Like absorbing a tail into your stomachs?

@Nimda

If you are referring to the using the stored nutrients from my tail to keep myself alive? Then that is something that most reptiles can do.

Myriad Reality

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Is that just a you thing?

@Nimda

Its a thing more of my generation. My kin have grown to be very adaptable.

Myriad Reality

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So how

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So then how do you transform in different environments?

@Nimda

Well, from what I notice, it’s definitely not instant by the way, but my body gradually shifts in response to the environment. It’s pretty instinctual, but from what Dad says, I can kinda increase the speed or induce it. Though he also said that it costs a lot of energy to consume to do that.

Myriad Reality

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Oh, so this is over generations, not just at will.

@Nimda

Eeyup!

Myriad Reality

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Sorry, I don’t think I’m following.

@Nimda

Uhm…my race are essentially sub-species of the earth dragons. But over years, there were groups of earth dragons that preferred to consume not only rock and stone, but more of specific minerals. Such as raw metals. As they consumed more and bred with others of that preference, the offspring of them grew to naturally consume those metals and eventually their bodies adapted grow and utilize metals. And the earth dragons were naturally the most diverse in nerms of adaptation of their environment, so metal dragons essentially became stronger versions. As our sub-species ventured out to different environments, we learned how to mold ourselves to those environments. Thats a summary of what I am trying to say.

Myriad Reality

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I don’t think I follow. Being a dragon is a recent development?

@Audacious

I was half and half. But the human and dragon blood within me were competing. So eventually I had to choose a side. Cause of recent events, I chose the dragon blood. I say dragon blood, but it includes DNA as well.

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What did they adapt for?

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Yeah. Space is pretty empty.

@Nimda

Preferences, cross-breeding, and a couple of other reasons too.

Myriad Reality

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How big does your full-on dragon form get anyway?

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More stuff than space?

@Audacious

I-…I don’t know.
*scratches the back of my head*
I haven’t been able to truly change form till I became a full dragon.
*shrugs*
It’ll be interesting for all of us to see.

Myriad Reality

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Element attuning? Now you’re just making stuff up.

@Nimda

I don’t know how to say it right! Like I mean, a dragon of fire can’t live well in aquatic environments, but ones that strayed farther from base elements are more able to adapt. Like my kin.

Myriad Reality

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But that is a cool fact regardless.

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That's part of why it's so cool. It inspires fear, but in a mysterious kind of way.

@Audacious

*laughs nervously*
I guess it is, huh?

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It’s kind of like space, huh? But with more stuff.

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They are? You can change forms between environments?

@Nimda

Mostly yeah, not all of my kind can. Depending in the element they are attuned to.