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    Both because she tests a bunch of prototypes, and because she was inspired by a rat ^~^

    Meet Kami; rodent-like dragon and a fiery test subject for prosthetic dragon wings, most of which are used by her anyway. 
    Kami was born wild with a malformed, crippled wing, and nearly died because of it. Luckily she was found by some science-savvy humans, who wound up having to amputate a majority of it. At first, they figured she could live in captivity without having to fly, but that really instated a sort of depression in her. So, they proceeded to make several different working prototypes for a prosthetic wing.

    One successful one that they came up with was the part-bionic sling she's wearing here. The fabric for it is wrapped around her neck and arm, along with lining the wing itself so it can catch the wind. The motion in the lower half is controlled by the part of her wing that still remains from her amputation, and the upper half is influenced by that, but more nuanced motions are controlled by minor brain waves recorded by the collar she's wearing. (Which also acts as a heart monitor, just a FYI)
    She was named "Kami", the romaji version of the term for 'paper' in Japanese, after the fact that early prototypes were made out of paper, it being the lightest material they could immediately come up with. She also goes by the nicknames 'kite' or just 'paper' because of this.
    Wing loss is obviously uncommon in dragons, but part of the research the humans that have her do with Kami involves connection to flight, dragon anatomy, and the ability to create prosthetic wings for other dragons if needed. 

    -But yeah, that's Kami. She's going to be a recurring OC- I'm imagining her having different prototypes and wing designs at different times, or for different things. She's also just turned out cool-looking to me in general. 

    Until then, though, enjoy. 

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