Dustimals

Q: What do you call a collection of dust doggy pups?

A: A litter.

Creation and Controls
Everyone knows. Absolutely every single person knows, that a collection of dust in an unkempt domicile may coalesce into a harmless dust bunny. Everyone also knows, that if a dust bunny is left to find other amorous dust bunnies, these motes of sullying will rub noses. This begins the mating ritual where they will meld together, grow and then split, walking away in more directions than they could before. It is never long before a derelict house is overrun with a thick fluffy mat of smut and particles. For this reason, dust bunnies should be bonked on the head with any nearby object and swept up. Taking this pile past the perimeter of the property will dissipate the latent magic that binds them.

A Domestic Animal Kingdom of Dust
Dustimals exist in countless animal varieties and come into the world usually in similar format. In all but very rare cases, these collections of detritus and wafting magic manifest as somewhat small animal varieties that could be domesticated if they weren’t in dust form. While many share a majority of shared characteristics, each variety has some unique traits. Dust doggies for example, while created in a similar way to dust bunnies are in many ways a whole different hopper of halloumi. When a pile of dust is very large even before the first dust bunny is birthed, a dust doggy may enter the world instead. A dust doggy is a much more ferocious creature that is territorial of a space. When born it has no regard for the owner of the property and through pack mentality often drive mortals from the premises. Mothers teach their children to help keep houses safe from these dirty perils at an early age:

“A benign dust bunny best be banished by banister brush because by-oneself bunnies become dust doggies destined to defy dying during dedicated dusting delivering dire dangers to denizens”