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Wildfire · 1y

So you're from Hivemind's world, right? I'm Wildfire! I'm a Kaiju dragon, about 200 feet tall at the shoulders. I see from older questions that you're a bit of a shapeshifter? What is the biggest form you've ever taken?

Hi Wildfire! I'm Kaleb! The biggest form I've ever taken and remained in control was when I mixed in Brontosaurus DNA and Purrgil DNA to physically tow a small evac ship that lost power to the nearest space station. Going from my current size to that monstrosity sure surprised the champion fledglings I was put in charge to mentor at the time, that's for sure.

There was this other time, though, where I was something much, much bigger, but the moment I tapped into it, I lost control immediately because of how ancient and primal the beast was. It was a world eater. I was in a new incarnation at the time, fresh from being retrained by my own previous apprentice, no less. Anyway, the planet was experiencing a strange phenomenon, its magnetic signature was in flux, and the tectonic plates were strangely active. After investigating, my team found out that a world eater had been buried in the planet's crust long ago and was about ready to hatch. Of course, we immediately informed Hivemind and began evacuation procedures, but there was this one scientist so determined to save his home that he secured a sample of its DNA and presented it to me. He was convinced I could tap into its power to slay the beast, and they wouldn't have to abandon their home. I knew it was against protocol, but he was so desperate, and at the time, I was too naive and caved. I saw it in his eyes, how desperate he was to save his home and his culture, that I felt like it was my duty to at least try. I consumed the sample, and when I tried to tap into its power, I lost control immediately. I slew the hatchling because of some territorial instinct, but then I was told I set my sights on my surroundings afterward. Due to my potential for destruction, the heavy hitters were called in, and well... I was beaten, too, and had to reincarnate again. Of course, the scientist was court-martialed, and I was banned from ever visiting that planet.

When I was old enough to understand what had happened, Hivemind talked my ear off and introduced me to a telepath friend of his. The DNA I consumed is stored in my head as if I read a book or learned something, so Hivemind called in a specialist to have that information locked away behind a mental lock, and on the off chance it would be needed, a passcode was set, and when spoken to me, I'll regain the information of the world eater. So yeah, that's the biggest form I've ever gotten to, but unless something extremely dire happens again, I probably won't be getting that big any time soon.

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