A strange amalgamate has shown up. She appears to be mumbling to herself constantly, despite only being a hatchling, and smiling to herself.
I don't know what this means, but I see something squirming around underneath that goop of hers...

NOTES:
My newest baby here was only an egg when a plague parasite with a spore attached to them (you know how diseases don't affect something and then they spread it through gross means? Yeah, that) burrowed into their egg and infected the poor hatchling inside.
Once inside, the spore activated, both affecting the parasite (ampting its power by ALOT) and the new host.
On top of gaining power, the parasite was also a rare kind of parasite that was magical and sentient (they came from the sick pool in the center of Plague territory)
This parasite began to split rapidly within the amalgamate host, which explains the green, veiny tert the amalga has. It also communicated with her, manipulating her to do things, which she followed because they treated her like a sister or mother would, like family.
When grown up, she has claimed the title of parasite queen, and has created a symbiotic relationship with the creatures that live within her. These parasites can affect even amalgamates.
She makes zombie amalgamates
They look like cordicep zombies