Chapter 33-2 Red Winter

[Adventureless_Hero]

So the Little Ones turned Inklings....

Anybody decipher a timeline for how long (about) it took for these things to go from itty-bitty to holy-shitty? I'm just curious because once Inkling, they seem to take almost no time to turn, yet they stayed small for at least a few days, and while small did not exhibit these bullet-proof characteristics...My evidence for this is the fact that Bricks ripped an arm off one. Yea, Bricks is a BAMF, but i don't think he's torn any sheets of kevlar bare-handed

The reason I ask is to further the mutations theory of these guys by Ink/pimpasszombie/TOWTM....perhaps these things are a Charles Darwin wet-dream and are ever-evolving, at ridiculous rates. They were small, got big to more effectively kill prey. Jump higher once people stayed on rooftops so they could feast, run faster cuz people started mobilizing cars, developed thick skin for the cold (consequentially becoming bullet-RESISTANT so far), and perhaps the jumping has reached new bounds, as that helicopter was in the air for at least a little while before it got in, and even an intelligent ravenous beast, I think, would not wait til 5,000 feet to knock on the door....so maybe it got out ahead, and JUMPED onto the helicopter (or flew via zombie Pteradactyls)

I don't think they evolved based off of thier surroundings. That would require multiple generations breeding with traits that kept the better suited ones alive. Evolving sudden changes like that isn't Darwinian, but more Lamarckian. Even so, my guess is that neither are the case. The Little Ones appear to have been created or came from somewhere. Where? I have no clue? For all I know Pinstripes grew them in a test tube, mixed zombie blood with super baby blood, or something. But once the original batch of Little Ones came to exist, I believe they grew up at a slow rate.

We witnessed them as being little all the way up until the assault on the Ice Rink by the Mallers (that's based off my memory, correct me if we've seen Little Ones in the story beyond that point). So presumably, the original batch of tattooed Little Ones have had months (from about August to November) to grow into this full sized Inklings. My guess is that the original batch of tattooed and numbered Inklings took those months to grow up. But if bitten by one, the change to an inkling is almost instant (instant being 24 hours maybe?).

Also, I think the Little One's possessed some of thier adult counterpart traits, just in a weaker form. Sure Bricks severed ones arm, but I think he used the truck door as a sort of axe to repeatedly slam it on the Little One's arm until it severed. But prior to that, Lizzy narrates that Tardust shot at the Little One but only managed to piss it off. Does this mean he shot it but didn't pierce it's skin, or did he shoot at it and annoy it. Can't tell. Maybe the Little Ones had tough skin, but it wasn't until they were a full grown Inkling that they possessed this very noticeable thick hide.

-also, in regards to the spray and pray/one shot, one kill discussion: I shoot about 20 to 40 million per milliliter but it only takes one to get the job done...just saying.