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Chapter 30: Bruised & Battered

Chapter 30: Bruised & Battered

"My, you sound like a very dashing person. Are you certain you would like to date someone like me? Heh, a strong minded daughter and chatty pet are lovely bonuses as well!"

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Hallo freund! The short answer is "the same as humans." Mourtairs are mutated humans and normally retain their human qualities, the diet being one of them. The long answer is "it depends on the personality." Mourts can't taste, only smell, which could affect their preferences. Mourts are designed to merge with different objects, sometimes inorganic, and to renew or grow those parts back, they will have to eat something that contains the required compounds. They are not suited for chewing, so gulping the food whole becomes a more comfortable way of consuming things for them. And, to top it all off, they are noticeably more resistant to food poisoning than regular humans. They still can be poisoned, though. Maniac often explores the limits of his body and boundaries of his diet by trying to rot his food, melt it in acid and lye, burn, macerate, and so on, and so on. Mirage's diet had a plenty of alcohol even back when he was a pure human, now it is obligatory. He also has to eat and drink a lot, and I mean a lot, because one of his attacks is stomach acid spewing. Pike can be found tasting or huffing gasoline or other flammables (no, not to get high). Spy does his best to control his food so that it is as "human" as possible. He won't eat anything that appears stale, but he cannot know for sure. Note: the mourtair are not unique to the Loop. They can live anywhere where humans live.