Path Hands are often called "zombie hands"; while they are similar in appearance, they are not undead creatures, but organisms that possess separated flesh.

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Path Hands are a kind of bibelotite known to infect the disembodied flesh of multi-fingered appendages. Microscopic, insect-like organisms before metamorphosis, they are attracted to the smell of blood and cooking, burning, or decaying flesh. Traveling in pairs, they seek suitable hosts to make their cacoons.

All bibelotites, even of the same species, are unique. Their secondary forms are based upon their host, their personality, as well as their partner's. In a 1915 study, two coupled bibelotites were placed in observation; each were given a hand from one organism, and a second hand from a different organization. The same species with the same hands produced two similar, yet different pairs; while their anatomies were identical, their appearances and activity were distinct. One pair appeared as bloated, purple, and disfigured versions of the appendages they possessed and were active only in periods of darkness. The other pair's metamorphosis changed…