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We've got night stalkers, too. They're coyotes, but they've got the head and tail of a rattlesnake.

[Funnily enough, those are escaped science experiments.]

Tend to travel in packs. Not fun running into them. Their bites hurt like hell.

[a_sin_for_him]

Chimera.

[Because that can't be some sort of accident - animals don't fuse themselves together into something new without help. Lust knows all about that sort of thing.]

We call those chimera in my world, the genetics of two different species fused into one new creature. It doesn't happen naturally.

What happened to your world, Boone?

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There was a nuclear war 200 years back. World went to hell. Now we're living in a wasteland, and I guess the radiation did a number on the creatures living there. Can't explain why night stalkers happen, though. Someone out there doing some kinda experiments, I guess.

[He shrugs.]

Either way, they're a pain in the ass. After a while, you tend not to question things. There are scorpions bigger than Pointy back home, so he's actually pretty normal to me.

[a_sin_for_him]

Someone certainly was. It's a difficult thing, to viably splice separate species. And oftentimes the result is unpredictable and offers little benefit to the world at large.

[The world beyond the military, at least.]

I suppose it all must just be normal to you, it's what you grew up with, born into.

[She cocks her head, looking over at Boone now, and finds herself smiling an amused little smile.]

Saying that, I find it difficult to imagine you as a child.

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Yeah, it's why this world is pretty strange to me still. It's so peaceful.

[He shoves his hands in his pockets, but his expression is mild as he looks over at Lust.]

You do, huh? Wasn't much different back then. Was still pretty quiet.

[Just far less traumatised and more likely to laugh.]