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Agravaine:
I also think that the more human-like nature of cats is significant somehow -- as if some cats (i.e. the ones surviving on spires) and some people (i.e. warrior born) kind of swapped some traits.
Rowwl talks about having a "thumb-paw", obviously sports a 100+ IQ, speaks a verbal language, has a distinct culture, etc.
kazimmoinuddin:
in DF, cats are uniqu beings. Able to freely pass circles and able to perceive more than most.
I wonder if the Warriors are a purposely created or a side effect. Etherialists are the born, made or taught. Those people have the ability to percieve ether which cats could provide. Due to the limited number of etherialists in comparison to warriors, I wonder if the lesser etherialists simply become engineers.
Zaphodess:
Maybe Warriors were the result of a genetic experiment. At some point in the distant past people badly needed super-power fighters and some Dr. Frankenstein had the bright idea to steal a few cat-genes and implant them in male human embryos. They were never meant to procreate, but they did anyway. By now, the (recessive) genes are in virtually every bloodline. As we've not seen a female warrior yet, I'm assuming that women can pass the gene down the line for a couple of generations without anyone noticing until some day, in some family, a male baby is super-hungry and super-strong.
kazimmoinuddin:
I wonder if these warrior and uplifted cats are all descended from their own progenitor, or a group/family of them.
Why don't ships have more contact with cats? In sailing stories there is often tales about a ship's cat. I can see the spire recruiting adventuring cat from their population to cat the ships.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: kazimmoinuddin on December 06, 2015, 08:41:00 PM ---I wonder if these warrior and uplifted cats are all descended from their own progenitor, or a group/family of them.
Why don't ships have more contact with cats? In sailing stories there is often tales about a ship's cat. I can see the spire recruiting adventuring cat from their population to cat the ships.
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The only thing I can come up with is that theses cats are so much more social/organized, and only somewhat rarely seem to have positive dealing with people, that they havent wanted to be the solitary Cat on a human vessel. Separately, I suspect that the ships have to deal with Rat problems far less than their sea-fairing ancestors, which was the primary reason for domesticated cats on board.
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