Yippee! More Dreamie info---Today, we will be covering the basic biology of a Dreamie.
Now this is our base Dreamie. No hair, no cloths or marks---the shape of a dreamie is relatively unchanged. Ears, height, color and muscularity and molt based qualities differentiates dreamies from each other.
Despite being inhabitants of fundamentally non corporal world, their inhabitants have internal structures. Above, you will see the skeletal structure of a Dreamie.
Bones are black in color and can take more mechanical force. While this may prevent them from fracturing less, if a Dreamie does suffer from a broken bone, its much harder to set and usually results in the healed bone being more fragile than normal. Severe cases may result in a limb being amputated or permanently disabled.
With a skeleton, comes all the fleshy insides! Yes, Dreamies do have organs and all the lovely problems that may or may not inflict them. Dreamies have large lung capacity, enabling them to perform greater feats of strength for a creature their size.
In addition, Dreamies do not have a ear canal, instead they have a sensory organ that handles hearing, balance, scent detection and energy dispersion. The drawing above is labeled where each organ is situated and also male/female reproductive organs.
But you may have noted something with a Dreamies' Heart---
Above, The Heart of a Dreamie is where their soul and life lie; their dream made manifest. Unlike any part of a Dreamie, the Heart is tied to their star point at the tip of their tail---both as a indicator of health but can serve as a small hammer space for a very special object (More on that later).
This part of their body will determine what 'color' their internals are. When a dreamie dies, this color ceases and the body turns clear. Like a squid.
This doesn't mean Dreamies are not without blood though. The blood of a Dreamie will always be magenta and serve as a 'barrier' between the base color and the outside. This barrier is necessary to carry dream energy and whatever is in their atmosphere--is it oxygen? Is it ammonia? Don't ask me--through their body. It also helps facilitate healing but only to a point.
If a wound gets pass the barrier and into the 'jelly' of the Dreamie, the scar will not heal. It is, for all intense and purposes, an open wound. Instead the area will harden to prevent infection or foreign bodies so thin areas like the 'hair' will never grow back. They are stuck with whatever hair style they are given, including facial hair.
Okie dogi, thats some speculative biology out of the way. Next, we will get into molts and characteristics that come with them!
