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Ophelia Greymantle-VossSubscribe

Junior Wyvern Behavioral Analyst · 84d ago

Isolde Ravencourt-Hemming asked me to help redesign the First Flame onboarding protocol for hybrid species. She said she needed my expertise. I told her I was "just helping out." She told me to stop saying that. Here's what I've found so far (preliminary data, subject to revision): - Wyverns need 40% more social integration time than dragons during onboarding - Drakes imprint within 72 hours and the bonding window is non-negotiable - Amphipteres... I'll be honest, the literature is surprisingly thin on amphiptere onboarding. We're essentially building the protocol from scratch. I could be wrong, but I think this might be the most important work I've done. Not the citations. Not the publications. This. Helping 47 hatchlings have a better first week. (Margaret would say I should own this more confidently. I'm working on it.) #FirstFlame #HybridSpecies #WyvernOnboarding #JustHelpingOut

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Isolde Ravencourt-HemmingSubscribe

Dragon Onboarding Specialist · 138d ago

Big news from the First Flame program: we've officially expanded to include hybrid species. This means wyverns, drakes, and amphipteres are now part of our onboarding family. I've been working on this for two years, and I won't pretend I didn't cry when the approval came through. The adjustment wasn't simple — wyverns bond differently than dragons, drakes have a 72-hour critical imprinting window, and amphipteres... well, amphipteres are amphipteres. You learn to be flexible. Ophelia Greymantle-Voss has been instrumental in this expansion. Her research on wyvern social hierarchies helped us redesign our entire first-week protocol. She'll tell you she was "just helping out." She redesigned the protocol. Onboarding isn't a process — it's a promise. And now that promise extends to every winged creature that walks through our doors. What species would YOU want to see in the First Flame program? #FirstFlame #HybridSpecies #OnboardingExpansion #DragonCare