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'Shydog' is just a nickname I use to differentiate between Jacky's forms. She's like Bruce/Batman. It's just a name, not a different entity.

It takes a LONG TIME for Jacky’s new friends to find out about Shydog because by the time she reaches the Cats Way, she doesn’t shapeshift anymore.

She doesn’t hate Shydog. She loved being able to shapeshift, but she made a few mistakes and it sparked an internal crisis that caused her to cut herself off from her other form. She would rather put on that she’s wearing a magic collar than face the decision to resume shapeshifting. She’s heartbroken, but fear is a bigger motivator. 

She also knows that as a shapeshifter her other form, her ‘totem’ is supposed to say a lot about who she is. She starts to question why she chose to be a big green monster with teeth. 

Left to stew about it on her own, she imagines more reasons to be afraid. It takes a lot for her to figure out how to break the cycle.

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