"That's true," he inclined his head in agreement with a little grin. "And you're right if that were the case we should have seen things much sooner, probably noticed changes in animal behavior."

He couldn't imagine someone doing anything like that on purpose, but then again... he had seen worse. Crossbreeding. Now that was a terrifying thought, but... "That makes sense," Apple put his drawing between them again. "Look, you can see like... different aspects of different animals. We thought at first that it was one of those horses," he showed her tracing the shape of the head and wings. "But I had never seen someone die, so we thought it couldn't be that, but if it was breed with something else..."

He took a deep breath. "Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself."