The Flowering part of the Flox is indeginous to The Wylde; it’s not so much Symbiotic, (it offers nothing to the Ferian Fox other than aesthetic appeal, and that’s subjective) but more parasitic. It’s not really a flower, but it looks like one so we’ll call it that.
It is, in fact, a very minuscule parasitic larva.
During spring, the parasite that produces the Flower on the back of the Flox releases a special pheromone that the Ferian Foxes find entirely attracting. They get close to whatever plant the parasite happens to be on and devour it, for it seems as though it would taste delicious.
Inside the Ferian Fox, gestation happens. The heat and acid breaks away the outer casing of the seed so that whenever it passes into the intestines, it can begin to branch out. It works it’s way through the body’s nervous system and into the brain-stem. There, the ‘flower’ plants roots, (really: fibrous nerve endings) into the brainstem. It begins benignly re-wiring the central nervous system of the Fox.
The changes are apparent within a few days as the entire genetic structure of the Fox is changed. Soon, the Fox has a flower coming off of it’s back, and it finds that it is no longer in control of it’s own body.
Luckily, this only lasts for a few weeks before the parasite dies. The Fox is returned to normal, completely unharmed, though perhaps a little wiser about eating good smelling flowers next time!
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