Portia

Portia (/ˈpɔɹʃə/, sometimes /ˈpɔɹti.ə/) is a marine biologist. Portia was assigned protogen at creation, but they feel discontent about their inorganic parts and prefer to identify as a (nonspecific) animal, making them transspecies. Portia has ASD (autism spectrum disorder) and is non-verbal. Portia has a deep investment in marine biology and considers it to be their special interest.

Appearance
For information on protogen appearances, please see the Protogen Guide PDF.

Portia's fur is mostly very pale light green, nearly white, but their inner ear is yellow. Their metal plating and visor lights are also this yellow, while the rest of their visor is black. Their cheek, shoulder and thigh panels have a depiction of a green plant sprout with two leaves.

Profession
Portia has extensively studied marine biology from existing resources, but they get further enjoyment out of observing life and making their own research and studies. Portia does these studies mostly only by passive observation, not experimentation, viewing intervention as unethical. Portia regularly goes on dives to observe aquatic life. They've previously encountered Algae without any consequence. Unrelated to their research, Portia also helps out at an animal shelter (the same one Anri was adopted from).