Likely she'll get a lot of funny looks, maybe even an incredulous "there's no sand in this!" in response. But it's nice to see Paladin giggle. Adia is glad that she made the suggestion.
Adia opens her mouth, then shuts it just as quick. Shoot, how is she going to explain genetic modification? Where to even start? But after some thought (and a fortifying sip of tea), she leans in seriously, ready to rise to the challenge. "Genes are tiny little coils of protein that are in the cells of every living thing. They're like blueprints, or... instructions, on how that living thing is going to grow. Your eye color, your height, even what diseases you'll be susceptible to, it's all there in your genes. And every living thing has genes that do different things. Theoretically, you can remove a gene that does one thing and insert it into the genetic code of another thing, to give it that characteristic." She pauses a moment, to let Paladin take that all in. "Practically, you're very limited in what you can do, because you can only manipulate a living thing's genes so much or else it isn't viable. So... let's see. I know that there was a strain of rabbits that glowed in the dark because of a gene from a jellyfish. And plants that are resistant to disease because of genes from unrelated plants. But there's no way we could make an owlbear."
"That's too bad," Adia says finally, because it's unfortunate that Paladin can't trust an entire class of people. Not that she blames her; Adia trusts a Cylon about as far as she can throw one. "I've met a couple of mages here. No wizards, though."
She shrugs a little, in response to the question about animals. "Not much more than the average person. Except for horses, I guess. I've only seen bears at the zoo." Adia is an avid reader of several subjects, including animals, but the fact that she doesn't have direct experience with them makes her much less confidant in what she knows about them. "Oh, I do know a talking polar bear in the Nexus, though. His name is Ice Bear and he's very nice. He waits tables at Crossroads Cafe."
Adia stands up as well, absently readjusting her coat on the back of the chair so it doesn't fall off. "Where did you see it?" she asks. She'll head towards desserts if Paladin doesn't steer her in the right direction.
((It's hard with OCs! We have to build them from scratch. An au with Adia as a druid would be amazing. I did once create (with my husband's help) a dragonborn warrior who was constantly looking for ways to fight evil to bring honor to her family, but was also not very bright (her INT was an 8!) and ended up helping take care of kids at an orphanage. But my friend's campaign never took off. :( I'm tempted to bring her to the Nexus someday.))
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Adia opens her mouth, then shuts it just as quick. Shoot, how is she going to explain genetic modification? Where to even start? But after some thought (and a fortifying sip of tea), she leans in seriously, ready to rise to the challenge. "Genes are tiny little coils of protein that are in the cells of every living thing. They're like blueprints, or... instructions, on how that living thing is going to grow. Your eye color, your height, even what diseases you'll be susceptible to, it's all there in your genes. And every living thing has genes that do different things. Theoretically, you can remove a gene that does one thing and insert it into the genetic code of another thing, to give it that characteristic." She pauses a moment, to let Paladin take that all in. "Practically, you're very limited in what you can do, because you can only manipulate a living thing's genes so much or else it isn't viable. So... let's see. I know that there was a strain of rabbits that glowed in the dark because of a gene from a jellyfish. And plants that are resistant to disease because of genes from unrelated plants. But there's no way we could make an owlbear."
"That's too bad," Adia says finally, because it's unfortunate that Paladin can't trust an entire class of people. Not that she blames her; Adia trusts a Cylon about as far as she can throw one. "I've met a couple of mages here. No wizards, though."
She shrugs a little, in response to the question about animals. "Not much more than the average person. Except for horses, I guess. I've only seen bears at the zoo." Adia is an avid reader of several subjects, including animals, but the fact that she doesn't have direct experience with them makes her much less confidant in what she knows about them. "Oh, I do know a talking polar bear in the Nexus, though. His name is Ice Bear and he's very nice. He waits tables at Crossroads Cafe."
Adia stands up as well, absently readjusting her coat on the back of the chair so it doesn't fall off. "Where did you see it?" she asks. She'll head towards desserts if Paladin doesn't steer her in the right direction.
((It's hard with OCs! We have to build them from scratch. An au with Adia as a druid would be amazing. I did once create (with my husband's help) a dragonborn warrior who was constantly looking for ways to fight evil to bring honor to her family, but was also not very bright (her INT was an 8!) and ended up helping take care of kids at an orphanage. But my friend's campaign never took off. :( I'm tempted to bring her to the Nexus someday.))