Aboletto [English version]

Abolettos(Lacrimae somniorum) are spirits belonging to the Lemures group. Inthe paralarval stage they are known, together with two other speciesof the same family (Lacrimae sanguinis and sidereum), as tearsof desires.

Appearance

As adults, abolettos have the appearance of large spherical massestwo to six meters wide, generally flattened at the poles, green,yellow or blue in color, translucent enough to allow a glimpse of theluminous energy center, which is located right in the center of thebody.

They have no eyes or ears, si they orient themselves in the worldonly through taste, the perception of pain and that of vibrations.The surface of adult abolettos is soft and pleasant to the touch: thesensation of touching them has sometimes been described as similar tothat of a hot water bottle made of agar agar jelly.

During their paralarval stage, they tend to be brighter, with acrystalline surface, and gather in small colonies that, when theymanifest in the material world, are particularly pleasing to humans.

When an adult aboletto is injured, it protects itself by instantlyforming a series of long spines on its surface, giving it theappearance of a big sea urchin.

Behavior

Abolettos are extremely passive spirits, which simply remain inthe same spot even for years, incorporating dust and dead materialsthat touch them through their skin, feeding very slowly. They arecompletely harmless, except for the long spikes that form on theirsurface when they are injured, and due to their extremely elastic androbust consistency, they are difficult to cut or pierce, so thepossibility of being accidentally stung by their rising spikes isvery low.

They rarely manifest in the material world, and when they do, itis generally due to mistakes or the fault of other creatures thattransported them. When this happens, they have no problem survivingin the material world, feeding primarily on dust, dry leaves, deadinsects, and other things that settle and remain on them for a longtime.

Habitat

Abolettos are an indicator of healthy and life-rich areas,thriving primarily within complex spirit ecosystems. Well-developedabolettos can generally be found wherever there are living forestswith large trees.

Diet

In their natural environment, abolettos feed primarily onnon-encoded ectoplasm and various remains of other spirits' meals.They are excellent detritivores and help maintain healthy ecosystems.

Conservation

They are unfortunately a vulnerable species, hunted by humans asone of the easiest ghosts to keep in captivity. Unfortunately,although their immobility makes them easy to keep in smallterrariums, these creatures adapt poorly to captivity, requiring goodair exchange, and variable conditions in terms of humidity andtemperature: they could easily survive in a temperate forest, but dieafter a few weeks if kept indoors.

Furthermore, their natural distribution area is progressivelyshrinking, due to the destruction of forests, both ectoplasmic andnatural, and deforestation.

There is an old, and barbaric, practice that consists of capturingthe young of this species and locking them in transparent glass jars,making a wish and waiting for the paralarvae to shrink until they dieof hunger and disappear, and the disappearance of the "wishingtear" should in theory mean that the wish will come true. Thissenseless custom, without any magical or scientific basis, hasfurther reduced the number of specimens of abolettos in nature.

Trivia

The largest aboletto ever measured was 20 feet, 10 inches in diameter.

For a long time, abolettos were not considered living beings, but some sort of mysterious natural phenomenon.

It seems to love the vibrations produced by whistled tunes, one of the few things that can make an aboletto move, and in this case try to roll toward the source of the sound.