mimics are demons.
old theology called the devil “God’s ape”. evil can’t create anything, it can only imitate. a parasite on something real, nothing of its own.
folklore knew it too. changelings, skinwalkers, voices in the woods calling with a loved one’s voice. something that looks and sounds human, with no human inside.
this is the same thing told as evolution. no intent, no trick, just mimicry that works, kept and repeated until there’s nothing left to imitate.
and when the host is gone, the demon starves. it can’t do anything on its own.
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