I love dinosaurs! Especially raptors. Unfortunately a giant squirrel called Ratatoskr killed them all off in my reality, although not many people know that. They go with the rogue asteroid theory, but they don't know how it was aimed at Earth.

[ His laughter is warm in its amusement when she goes off on one about Darkness and criminal yearnings. Feline ears perk up and his tail swishes merrily. ]

You karate-chopped your umbilical cord and sold it as magical twine on the black market, I suspect?