PARASITE

MUCH LIKE IT'S NAME IMPLIES, THIS PSEUDO-DRAGON LIVES OFF THE ENERGY WILLINGLY SACRIFICED BY MUTT. THIS TRANSFER OF THE HELLHOUND'S ENERGY IS IN EXCHANGE FOR PARASITE'S PROMISE OF IMMORTALITY, THOUGH IT'S NOT ENTIRELY UNFOUNDED IN THE LAND OF THE PLAGUEBRINGER, PARASITE ALSO ISN'T VERY OPEN THE HELLHOUND THAT IT WILL EVENTUALLY NEED THIS PARASITIC HOST TO BE IN CONTROL OF HIS BODY TO SUSTAIN HIS DWINDLING LIFE FORCE.
EVEN IF PARASITE HAD BARK WHOLEHEARTEDLY ON BOARD WITH A MERE TWIST OF THE WHOLE TRUTH, MIGRAINE WASN'T AS EASILY CONVINCED. DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR HOW RELIANT IX'S BELOVED PARTNER WAS GROWING FOR PARASITE'S SUPPOSED "POWERS" OVER A SHORT SPAN OF TIME, MIGRAINE DID WHAT HE FELT WAS BEST FOR WHAT WAS LEFT MUTT'S HEALTH AND CAST A SPELL - OR CURSE, DEPENDING ON WHICH OF THE TWO YOU ASKED - OF ETERNAL YOUTH ON PARASITE.
THIS, IN TURN, SEVERELY LIMITED PARASITE'S REACH OF HIS POWERS TO DRAIN ENERGY FROM MUTT, OR ANY OTHER DRAGON, REALLY. DESPITE THIS, ITS MIND REMAINED RELATIVELY THE SAME AS BEFORE, NOW BEARING THE CURSE OF THE LIMITS THAT CAME WITH HIS NOW-YOUTHFUL BODY.

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NOTICE: EVEN THOUGH PARASITE WASN'T ENTIRELY HONEST ABOUT HIS POWERS FROM THE GET-GO, THIS BACKSTORY IS NOT MEANT TO IMPLY THAT IT'S INHERENTLY "EVIL" SIMPLY ON THE BASIS OF HIM BEING A (LITERAL) PARASITE. MUCH LIKE MUTT AND MIGRAINE, HE IS MEANT TO BE FLAWED, NOT JUST SEEN AS ENTIRELY "GOOD" OR "BAD".