>>3265233It has nothing to do with appearance
Imagine this, you see a poor baby boy who wants his mother, but she isn’t coming back. He cries and cries, thinking it will trigger her long abandoned motherly instinct.
However, it attracted another. A liminal, brandished in scales, feathers, claws, or more, finds you alone. Thousands of years of evolution tell her that this isn’t your child and thousands of years pf evolution tell him this thing is dangerous.
However, she pulls him to her bosom and feeds him like she would to her own flesh and blood. She gives him hugs and kisses when he falls down. She snuggles with him at night when he gets nightmares. She breaks down in tears, hugging him tightly when he asks her if she’s just pretending to love him. She snarls at any liminal saying her love isn’t real for him. This is why I love it
