What about a black-footed cat? Shroud sees the part about one of the smallest cats and thinks it's perfect for what he's planning skimming over/ignoring the fact that it's one of the best predators
Oh hey a very apt question regarding my most recent reblog of "turned into hybrid Robert"!
For those wondering what a Black Footed Cat is; it looks like someone drew a chibi version of a Serval.
This photo is of an adult Black Footed Cat held by zookeeper btw;
Yes, adult. Not a kitten. They don't get much bigger.
Their average weight is 2-6 pounds (or 1-2.5kg) - aka they weigh about the same as a small bag of sugar.
Here's a good graph of the size comparisons of small wild felids; the Balck Footed is all the way at the bottom.
They are also the cat with the highest success rate for hunts.
Elliot/Shroud picked out the smallest wild felid, thinking Robert's resulting instincts would make him meek and less likely to fight.
He thought wrong.
Robert quickly decimates the rat, mouse, pigeon, and cicada population in the Torrance area within months. His new instincts call for him to hunt and eat often.
The Red Ring should be wary if he decides to bite off more than a finger or two...
To those unaware, he seems just to be an especially small-framed feral cat hybrid. Despite having the face of a grown man, Robert has experienced unwanted physical attention and infantilisation from others in his new day-to-day life. It pisses him off to no end.
Beef is still Robert's fave lil guy. The chonky doggo is too gentle to set off Robert's new instinctual fear of dogs. <3
