me want to hear more abt ted.
Ted's a little bitch /silly
TFYVBUINK He had been a laughing stock in the scientific field for several years, and Teto was his first experiment that actually got him any acclaim. He was extremely protective and controlling over her as a result, and rarely ever let her out of his sight; he'd also have a tendency of quashing any sort of rebelliousness out of her with various means, though usually he'd use a shock collar.
Needless to say he didn't really see Teto as a person, and also assumed that since she wasn't human (literally) that she just, didn't really have feelings? He'd leave her malnourished, partially intentionally so she'd stay small, but mostly out of ignorance (tbf chimera aren't exactly common, any others that exist are undocumented and probably function differently from Teto)
Ted's death was actually witnessed by a couple people.. Meiko and Renri specifically; is was an altercation, or maybe an intervention, to try and get Teto away from him and he wound up pulling a gun on them. When authorities arrived, his body could only be identified via DNA tests, lol.
OH ALSO Ted's not his real name, it's a fake name to hide from the government bc his experiments weren't exactly, uh, legal, or ethical, but that might be obvious.