theyre capable of parthenogenesis, which is like reproducing without a male. kinda like what happened in jurassic park with them all being girls but having that frog dna. it's been seen in all sorts of animals and i'd have to scramble for like, the exact animal i went with for them (though they probably had different animals) yes this has led to a silly little hypothetical of umbra straight up spawning a cub. suprrise fuckers. i am committing to it though because like. science is fucking weird. so they're basically mammals. but they also have just some... interesting dna the goal was intelligence and good guard/weapons. so i'm thinking there's even like, gray parrot/dolphin/raccoon/crow like. high intelligence. these two are capable of speech so the bird dna could have contributed (i also was like... well what if dna was scraped from remains of a species in the same taxonomal family as nanaki) umbra as the king cheetah as the base, and german shepherd. HOWEVER. she also has other breeds and animals that mellow out the anxiety of a cheetah and the aggression/protectiveness of a GSD. she's not going to like, tear someone apart if rufus is having a meltdown pryna is a siberian tiger base with tibetan mastiff. she is BUFF and FLUFFY. her coat is very soft and very long. she's an aggressive guard animal, but not reactive. like she's dialed back and more alert

[2:21 AM]oh i'm goad that sent