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That's not a toy...

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It wasn't originally intended to be cover art, it was just a cute thing I drew to be the icon for my beta reader group chat, but I love it so I'm sharing!

Hi there!!! What if Lockwood new about the existence of Distortus? We know Maisie likes dinos and was seen playing with a Rexy - Queen of Nublar - toy. So, why not the Distortus rex, ruler of Ile Saint-Hubert?

1. Indoraptor is clever… but lazy

Indoraptor is so used to being pushed and prodded in combat testing that he just uses the easiest killing method (playing dead, then CHOMP, for example) that he can.

He’s highly intelligent and probably doesn’t find killing challenging, so he tries to make it entertaining, as we saw with the guy who tried to steal one of his teeth.

2. Indoraptor doesn’t know what a bed is

The only way I can wrap my head around why (besides plot armour) Indoraptor took so long to try and kill Maisy? Well either he has a soft spot for other genetically unique living things (he doesn’t but it’s a nice thought) , or he had no fucking clue what those bed covers were and was being cautious.

He basically got treated like a weapon his whole life and was raised in facility full of cages. Unfortunately that means bed linen probably looks completely alien to him. If Maisy is acting like the soft covers can protect her, he has no way to confirm that they won’t, and is probably cautious because he doesn’t know what they are for.

3. Indoraptor can’t see straight

Directly from the front you can see that the Indoraptor’s eyes are not really as forward facing as they should be. Many land predators have forward facing eyes to hunt with. But his eye sockets are very deep and the eyebrow crest is in the way. It’s a weird flaw but if something is directly in front of his face and close he probably tilts his head to see better.

4. Sadly, he is underfed

I can see all of his bones, his belly is nonexistent. They want him to look like a raging killing machine, but they also probably withhold food to make him follow commands in exchange for food. You know, like how Seaworld treats Orcas.

Altogether this is a very sad character that never gets to use his intelligence for anything other than being a weapon, but has some interested characteristics outside of screaming and killing stuff.