Abusing Crawler's powers

The important part was that I'd gotten his powers, and not just those. I'd figured out his current adaptations well enough to apply them to myself, so it wasn't like I was going to have to start from the beginning. The hardest part of assimilating them was adapting them to the human form.

His power hadn't really cared about keeping him looking human, and so it had gone with whatever was most efficient while ignoring aesthetics altogether. I had gotten a good look at his current physiology with Amy's powers and I currently had twenty of my bodies attacking each other as I attempted to find a way to make them useful without leaving me a hideous monster. It wasn't just vanity either; it would be difficult for me to interact with society as a thirty foot worm monster, and I already had enough trouble dealing with people on an equal basis without being isolated from them.

My bodies were developing resistances to my own attacks using Crawler's powers. I'd already included those that could easily be adapted to the human form, few as those were. Resistances than worked I kept; those that were ugly or had downsides I discarded.

Being covered with a fire resistant slime wasn't going to fly; I wanted pure fire resistance. Now that I could fake clothing with Amy's power, I didn't need to worry about anything but my own abilities.

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