Prologue

They were meant to be only pets.

Our executives asked us to breed them something exclusive. Something consumers could get from nowhere else. They decided to draw on the imaginations of children, teens, and adults everywhere. They asked us to play God, which was no new or unabashed concept to us, and breed legends to sell as domesticated, tamed animals.

We didn’t know then our mistake. We used a combination of reptiles, bats, birds, electr. . .

Prologue

They were meant to be only pets.

Our executives asked us to breed them something exclusive. Something consumers could get from nowhere else. They decided to draw on the imaginations of children, teens, and adults everywhere. They asked us to play God, which was no new or unabashed concept to us, and breed legends to sell as domesticated, tamed animals.

We didn’t know then our mistake. We used a combination of reptiles, bats, birds, electr. . .