03-08-2018, 09:54 AM
Wolpertingers are a peculiar and special breed among the family of canine hybrid species, and to this day one thing among their unique anatomy remains an unsolved mystery about which dozens of theories exist: their ability to feed on adoration.
The most common theory is that there’s some sort of vampiric gene in the general species. Now, not all vampires are the pale-skinned bloodsucking type, there are numerous types ranging from the dangerous (soul-sucking Dementors, life-draining Faceless Shadows, stamina-absorbing Silver-winged Bats etc.) to harmless or even useful varieties (nightmare-devouring Dreamers, lust-feeding Succubi and sound-eating Earlings). Wolpertingers are adoration-eating vampires, in fact from puppyhood to adolescence their diet consists of over 50% adoration. As a result the cuter a Wolpertinger puppy is, the more they get to feed on the adoration of those who care for them and the stronger they grow once they reach adolescence and eventually adulthood. Natural selection and evolution took care of the rest and thus Wolpertinger puppies tend to be so heart-meltingly cute that they could reduce the manliest of men - the bear-wrestling, navel-length-beard, eats-the-hearts-of-his-enemies viking type - to big-eyed teddy bears.
This vampirism power sees less use once a Wolpertinger reaches adolescence and is barely used after adulthood, as they shift their diet to a ‘standard’ format of both meat and greens and they grow from adorable and small to strong, tall and heavy.
Why that exerpt about canine hybrid biology? Because those days it was what accelerated Karil’s healing… and perhaps, indeed, saved her life.
Without realizing, Billy’s fondness of Karil, his finding her cute and rubbing her at times let the Wolpertinger feed, even when she was asleep. It supplied her with much needed energy in addition to the food and water that he managed to give her when she was awake, and it accelerated her body’s healing process. Two days after her first waking up she awoke again, and this time she did not pass out. She was still weak of course, having laid down for that long typically resulted in that, but she felt that she was on her way to getting better. Soon she was able to stand up and do short walks, to regain her constitution.
One day as they were eating, she asked: “Karil wonders´why… why human-male now human-male-pup.” She struggled to find the correct words in human speech but Billy understood.
“I told you, my name’s Billy. You mean why I’m appearing as a child when I used to look older when you first saw me?”
Karil nodded.
“It’s not that easy, but I guess I can explain.”
If someone had wandered the forests of Camelot, and if that someone had left the path and come to the forest several miles away from the Pale Moors gate, they may have been greeted by the sight of a child, determined to protect a near dead animal because of their irrationally large hope. But only few stray from the beaten path, and if they do it’s usually because they’re hiding from those who paint them as predators.
The most common theory is that there’s some sort of vampiric gene in the general species. Now, not all vampires are the pale-skinned bloodsucking type, there are numerous types ranging from the dangerous (soul-sucking Dementors, life-draining Faceless Shadows, stamina-absorbing Silver-winged Bats etc.) to harmless or even useful varieties (nightmare-devouring Dreamers, lust-feeding Succubi and sound-eating Earlings). Wolpertingers are adoration-eating vampires, in fact from puppyhood to adolescence their diet consists of over 50% adoration. As a result the cuter a Wolpertinger puppy is, the more they get to feed on the adoration of those who care for them and the stronger they grow once they reach adolescence and eventually adulthood. Natural selection and evolution took care of the rest and thus Wolpertinger puppies tend to be so heart-meltingly cute that they could reduce the manliest of men - the bear-wrestling, navel-length-beard, eats-the-hearts-of-his-enemies viking type - to big-eyed teddy bears.
This vampirism power sees less use once a Wolpertinger reaches adolescence and is barely used after adulthood, as they shift their diet to a ‘standard’ format of both meat and greens and they grow from adorable and small to strong, tall and heavy.
Why that exerpt about canine hybrid biology? Because those days it was what accelerated Karil’s healing… and perhaps, indeed, saved her life.
Without realizing, Billy’s fondness of Karil, his finding her cute and rubbing her at times let the Wolpertinger feed, even when she was asleep. It supplied her with much needed energy in addition to the food and water that he managed to give her when she was awake, and it accelerated her body’s healing process. Two days after her first waking up she awoke again, and this time she did not pass out. She was still weak of course, having laid down for that long typically resulted in that, but she felt that she was on her way to getting better. Soon she was able to stand up and do short walks, to regain her constitution.
One day as they were eating, she asked: “Karil wonders´why… why human-male now human-male-pup.” She struggled to find the correct words in human speech but Billy understood.
“I told you, my name’s Billy. You mean why I’m appearing as a child when I used to look older when you first saw me?”
Karil nodded.
“It’s not that easy, but I guess I can explain.”
If someone had wandered the forests of Camelot, and if that someone had left the path and come to the forest several miles away from the Pale Moors gate, they may have been greeted by the sight of a child, determined to protect a near dead animal because of their irrationally large hope. But only few stray from the beaten path, and if they do it’s usually because they’re hiding from those who paint them as predators.