Lifecycle

by Tiffany Park

The entity that would one day become known as Jenova is extraterrestrial, alien. It's not like us, no matter how well it can camouflage itself. And it's hungry. (Note: This is a *very* experimental fic. It's unlikely to fit into any established fanon or conventional fan theories, and if it goes where I want it to go, it won't be pretty. You have been warned. :)

8. Part II: NETWORKING BEHAVIORS

Part II: NETWORKING BEHAVIORS

"It looked like…our…our dead mothers…and our dead brothers. Showing us specters of their past. [...] It first approached as a friend, deceived them, and finally…gave them the virus. The Cetra were attacked by the virus and went mad…transforming into monsters."

Ifalna, Final Fantasy VII Original Game

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Aggressive mimicry is a form of mimicry in which predators, parasites or parasitoids share similar signals, using a harmless model, allowing them to avoid being correctly identified by their prey or host. Zoologists have repeatedly compared this strategy to a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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