THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Juice Box

First seen: Book 4, Chapter 1

Turns out to be the town's real caretaker of its changeling children, wrangling dozens of orphaned kids, dromedarian and changeling alike, into Carl's personal space during the bombing scare and handing out juice boxes to calm them. Drops her usual ditzy act to reveal real depth: the changelings consider the sixth floor's Hunting Grounds their lost ancient home, forbidden from casually taking dromedarian form as a condition of the town taking them in, and she catches herself almost naming Henrik before covering the slip.

NPCCaretakerNot a PrincipalCompression SicknessPossible NPC Awakening

Level

17B4C5

Physical

In human form, stroking Bonnie's head while they watch The Last Unicorn together in the personal spaceB4C32

Location

Leaves Bubble #543 for good, sent on her own toward Larracos rather than through the gate, told the exact spot will become obvious once the portal opens nearbyB4C34

The Toe, sitting pouting in the corner after Carl's party turns her downB4C1

History by chapter
Book 4
Chapter 1
  • TAG NPC: The Toe's only prostitute, a changeling
  • LOCATION Location: The Toe, sitting pouting in the corner after Carl's party turns her down
Chapter 5
  • LEVEL Level: 17
  • SKILL Race Shifter: On-demand shifting between forms; Mordecai's own estimate, not a confirmed in-game number (Rare even among changelings, per Mordecai)
Chapter 10
  • TAG Caretaker: Found wrangling dozens of changeling and dromedarian children at the Toe, handing out juice boxes; the town's real caretaker of its orphans
Chapter 14
  • TAG Not a Principal: Denies belonging to the Changeling Principal herself when Carl asks where the rest of them went; guesses they're in the necropolis hunting Quetzalcoatlus
Chapter 15
  • TAG Compression Sickness: Explains it as a worsening birth-defect condition from her people's incomplete adaptation to this world, now affecting one in four births and leaving them sterile
Chapter 28
  • TAG Possible NPC Awakening: Describes a dream of being a schoolteacher watching a dragon-headed man kill her own students, involving a creature type she's never actually touched; Louis suggests it might be a real memory, echoing the pattern that preceded Fire Brandy and Tizquick's own deaths
Chapter 32
  • PHYSICAL Form: In human form, stroking Bonnie's head while they watch The Last Unicorn together in the personal space
Chapter 34
  • LOCATION Location: Leaves Bubble #543 for good, sent on her own toward Larracos rather than through the gate, told the exact spot will become obvious once the portal opens nearby

Notable quotes

“We’re going to be married.”

Book 4, Chapter 34 (Juice Box, confirming to Carl that she means their own Louis Santiago 2, moments before flying off toward Larracos, the most astounding thing he says he's heard all floor.)