Editing Helen (section)

==Project Goal==
Helen Galatea Ibbot was created as a submission to the Lambs Project. After the Lambs, Helen would serve as a bodyguard and lover, and Caretaker for Ibbot.

Think of the subject as a cephalopod wrapped around a human skeleton, a hydraulic system<ref>[https://twigserial.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/gut-feeling-17-14/ Excerpt] from [[Gut Feeling 17.14]]</ref> able to be primed and used to constrict and crush targets.<ref name="6.8">Off to my left, Helen moved.  Cartilage and bone snapped and ground together as Helen strained, a torture rack in human form.  I imagined I could hear the silent scream from Helen’s victim as her arms were stretched out and to either side, like a bird.  Helen’s body shifted, bones standing out in strange ways against skin or the fabric of her clothes, a biological equivalent to a spring or mechanism being set, a trigger cocked.  Her hands bit deep enough into skin that I wondered if she was squeezing muscle aside to press against bone.  Flesh between fingers was bulging like it might pop.<br><br>Then Helen readjusted.  It was a sudden, violent movement, the twist of a constrictor snake seizing its prey all at once, contorting itself in knots in a sudden, spasmodic way.  Her body could move like that, but the body of the victim that was securely in her grip couldn’t.  The wet sounds and the crunch of bone and gristle against more bone and gristle seemed to go on forever.<br><br>Helen hadn’t done anything but twist and wrench, but she was still bloody as she picked herself up and off of her victim.  Her bones were still in weird places, like she had a feline or a lizard’s skeleton inside a little girl’s skin, the limbs too long, the shoulders oddly skewed.  She sagged under her own weight, her muscle structure not lending itself well to standing upright.  Slowly, piece by piece, she pulled herself back into a more normal configuration. - [https://twigserial.wordpress.com/2015/09/29 Excerpt] from [[Lamb to the Slaughter 6.8]]</ref> Can use water to change her proportions.<ref>“If it would help, I can drink and redistribute water across my body,” Helen said.  “Change my proportions to be less stare-worthy.”<br><br>“No,” I said.  “Not if you’re walking long distances.”<br><br>“I can expel it,” she said.<br><br>“Means stopping repeatedly.”<br><br>“I can expel it through the mouth.” - [https://twigserial.wordpress.com/2017/02/23 Excerpt] from [[Gut Feeling 17.7]]</ref>  Her musculature and joints are built differently, making them bad at exerting strength quickly, however when speed is not an issue she is incredibly powerful.<ref name=":0">“Her musculature and joints are different,” I murmured back.  “In configuration and type.  Mostly, she’s bad at exerting a lot of strength very quickly.  She’s almost weaker than me when it comes to throwing proper punches, and that’s with her being bigger than me.”

“She’s ''almost'' weaker,” Jamie remarked, leaning in to join the conversation.

“I ''said'' almost!” I protested, annoyed.  “Geez.”

“Give her a few years and some practice, maybe she’ll be dangerous in a scrap,” Jamie said, ignoring me.

“If she can get her hands on someone, we’re good,” I said, not taking my eyes off Helen.  “You could use a prybar and you wouldn’t make her let go, and the sudden strength she ''can'' employ lets her take advantage of any openings.”  -excerpt from [https://twigserial.wordpress.com/2015/04/21/cat-out-of-the-bag-2-3/ Cat out of the Bag 2.3]</ref>

Can rearrange her internal organs for camouflage,<ref>[[Interlude 14.x]]</ref> and even fake being dead.<ref name=":0" />

Very little of her is directly human,<ref>
- [https://twigserial.wordpress.com/2015/06/06 Excerpt] from [[Lips Sealed 3.7]]</ref> She does have a slight pattern overlay likely so she can communicate and for complex thoughts. She cannot have children.<ref>“I’m fond of not having a uterus,” Helen said.  “Very convenient.” - [https://twigserial.wordpress.com/2017/02/23 Excerpt] from [[Gut Feeling 17.7]]</ref>

===Expiration Date===
Does not have an explicit expiration date, yet she needs 'maintenance' to retain her human form.

The Infante postulated that her Expiration Date would be when Ibbot grew tired of maintaining Project Galatea due to his own political progress as an Academy Professor and/or the time it took from his other work, and would eventually disable vital functions during a checkup. This differed from the rest of the Lambs who would have died due to how they were developed.<!--search wretched child-->