Are there rogue Beings?
Patrick might have been considered “rogue” at the beginning of the story, although that stopped when he contracted with Bianca.
Can a Being kill animals?
If their master ordered them to. Any consequences would then be treated as the master’s responsibility.
Do governments regulate Beings like alcohol or drugs?
Lol, now I’m trying to imagine someone getting drunk on Patrick.
If Sparrow and Bianca wanted to travel overseas with Patrick in tow, would there be any regulatory complications beyond the normal “bringing a pet along” variety?
Some airlines will insist that Beings pay full ticket price, even if they have a small animal form and stay in that for the entire flight. They claim it’s about dignity and respect, but let’s be serious here, we all know it’s about profit.
Are there devices that can tell the difference between a Being and a normal animal/human?
If you really want to know, there are a couple of pretty simple tests you can run, no special equipment required.
Can human weapons kill a being? (And by human, I mean anything from a .22 pistol to a cruise missile)
Yes.
How can you tell the difference?
PS did you make Beings up? Cause I tried searching them, and like Bianca I found NOTHING. :P
Punch one. If it punches back (assuming you’re a human), it’s definitely not a Being ^_^
Beings as they appear in this comic are a unique invention, yes. As for whether they’re based on something you could find information for (such as Cylons, if you believe Sparrow’s theory)…well, that would be telling.
Haha, I was thinking of some kind of Turing test, but that was pretty straightforward! ^^
What do Beings get out of the game that makes them so willing to duke it out rather than live in peace?
If they can read/write in “the language of the contract”, maybe a studious Being has kept a log of the early days?
From TVTropes: “Unreadable Disclaimer: Unreadable-entire-contract, even. There’s no written version of Bianca’s agreement with Patrick, and the spoken version consisted entirely of “I, Bianca Washington.”
Of course given how short their memory is, they would (or may already have) forget anything longer.”
Is that correct, or did you just hide the rest of the contract, similar to The Wizard’s Oath in the Young Wizards series?
You said humans and Beings can’t interbreed, but are they a species in their own right, able to reproduce, or are they a fixed population apparently doomed to eventual extinction?
1) Beings are perfectly willing to live in peace when that’s what their Masters order.
2) Maybe!
3) I’m afraid I don’t know how it works in the Young Wizards series.
4) That’s been answered on the Being Q&A page: “The method by which new Beings come into existence is currently unknown.”
what about .177 cal. just being evil
I wouldn’t mind getting drunk off Patrick, if you know what I mean.