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The parent I'm talking about is not just a parent, it's the singular NPC who has been mentioned as a parent the most.

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37. Rex the Wonder Dog
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In campaign one, Data 7 aka Artemis (Ermine's character, who is a white pomeranian who was operated on by Man-Bat, to where he can speak English and get bigger and smaller) had a magic crown and summoned Rex, under Animal Man's suggestion. Artemis loved this older white dog, and Rex found himself falling into the role of guide for this orphaned dog. And thus Rex became Papa.

Rex is a dog who is something like 80 years old or so. He had a boy named Danny, and went to war in WW2 to help the allied forces as a medic dog. The pair lasted for a long time by drinking the waters of the fountain of youth. Rex was one of the characters that Data 7 really wanted to find early on, and we found out he was in Orlando, so we went and we found him! He was at a fountain of youth... tainted by the Bleed (the space between alternate Earths). Danny had de-aged into a big egg, and Rex had to protect him. However, since we were giving up on that fountain, we eventually convinced him to come back.

In Z'onn Z'orr, Rex and Data 7 have not interacted quite as much. This is because Data 7 is suffering from guilt and doesn't know how to handle it, as he sort of betrayed his best friends and led to his girl, Isis, getting captured by HIVE. Data 7 has trouble approaching Rex as much. There's angst there, and it's great as a gap between the two, especially since Rex recently got shot, and since he hasn't been drinking the waters of the Fountain of Youth for awhile, he is rapidly aging and dying. So Data 7 is stuck in this desperation ploy to help him, and is too young to know what to do.

Another big relationship with Rex is with Spirit (Hombad's character, the teenage doctor). Spirit is our primary doctor, and Rex quickly joined the med bay staff. Spirit is also an orphan, and one who is very deeply mantled with responsibility. Spirit's older brother has been missing, and Rex is managing to fill a role for yet another PC. There's a lot of guidance that happens - I mean, Rex lived through decades with a boy, and now his boy is an egg, so he needed a new boy, and Spirit is that new boy. This is a dynamic with Spirit that we haven't gotten - Rex sort of fills that father figure status, so it's cool to see Spirit experiencing what he hasn't before.

Rex is a really cool character (shades of Captain America, but as a dog). He's a father type, but also a dog, but also aged. He has some 40's sentiment at time. He's very unique! And recently, with him being injured, he's been riding around in a hover wheelchair, and he can't drive it at all, so he constantly bonks into things and runs over PC's feet.

Hint for 36: This character has an animal in their name.