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CharybdisXV
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Are the Combine sentient fungi? A species that has, somehow through the accidents of evolution, developed intelligence and telepathic communication. They lived in their dark world, paralyzed in their primordial bodies that reacted only to the stimuli of sustenance, dreaming together of abstract ideas, forming collectives of them. I wonder, what kind of senses would they have? Something perhaps not understood to us. But somehow, they were able to one day come in contact with the physical that had before been unknown to them. Perhaps, after eons of their dreaming and evolving, they came in contact with another creature that possessed telepathy. And then their minds were opened up to a whole new dimension of the physical, as these alien ideas flowed through to them. These other creatures lived a dual existence, of inward consciousness and hive minds like the fungi, but also of willful movement through and manipulation of space. The Combine, having somewhere developed curiosity, saw a way to vastly expand and utilize their abstract knowledge, by navigating this new dimension and encountering new stimuli, developing new ideas. But they lacked senses of the physical, and limbs that would move under will.
The Combine drew from their vast abstract knowledge, applied it to their new ideas of physicality they had learned, and developed ideas of how to use materials, and use it to enhance themselves. They could build appendages that would allow them movement. The appendages would also allow them to manipulate and sense their environments. First, they would have to have the physical beings help them build these things, either through mental overpowerment or coercion. These other creatures, having somewhat of a a capacity for understanding the vast knowledge of the Combine, probably would've gladly helped them if it facillitated the sharing of knowledge between their species. Perhaps this set a precedent for the sentient fungi's dealings with the physical beings, whose minds were not as powerful in abstract thought due to partially being devoted to sensory interpretation and motor skills. The Combine learned they could, rather than doing things themselves, continue to manipulate other beings. And the other beings could have physical additions made to them as well, to enhance their ability to serve the Combine.
The Combine started to develop grander plans for how they could traverse and manipulate the physical world. But it required more resources than their world contained. Yet, they knew from their contact with other beings, that more worlds existed.
The Combine drew from their vast abstract knowledge, applied it to their new ideas of physicality they had learned, and developed ideas of how to use materials, and use it to enhance themselves. They could build appendages that would allow them movement. The appendages would also allow them to manipulate and sense their environments. First, they would have to have the physical beings help them build these things, either through mental overpowerment or coercion. These other creatures, having somewhat of a a capacity for understanding the vast knowledge of the Combine, probably would've gladly helped them if it facillitated the sharing of knowledge between their species. Perhaps this set a precedent for the sentient fungi's dealings with the physical beings, whose minds were not as powerful in abstract thought due to partially being devoted to sensory interpretation and motor skills. The Combine learned they could, rather than doing things themselves, continue to manipulate other beings. And the other beings could have physical additions made to them as well, to enhance their ability to serve the Combine.
The Combine started to develop grander plans for how they could traverse and manipulate the physical world. But it required more resources than their world contained. Yet, they knew from their contact with other beings, that more worlds existed.
