>>52786293in older games the move that would eventually become acid Armour more explicitly stated vaporeon was more like cat/dog/fox-ish shaped slime than the meat and blood creature you or
>>52786327 this guy are thinking of.
and given its abilities and pokedex entries were all made with that in mind its probably still true even with the name change.
as for what it would feel like biggest question is if the slime that thinks its a cat/tenga/dog creature can actually imitate fur effectively or not?