So i'm developing a shapeshifter-esq race of shadows, and am thinking about how they would operate in day to day life. The general idea is that they have the freedom to change their form, even shifting from a 3D form to a purely 2D form (as a shadow independent of an object essentially). Though they still have to do basic biologic functions like eating and sleeping (For stuff like eating, they've gotta do it in their 3D form as shadows can't really eat with any effectivity).
I'm not quite sure on how some stuff might develop for them. Some things i've considered is stuff like housing, would they lodge like a human, or maybe they would choose to live a more ascetic lifestyle as a deep slit in a rock is good enough to sleep in for them. Lock-boxes and the like wouldn't work as a bandit could just imitate a key to break into it, so what could be a replacement (And basically just storing things safely in general)? Or how would a prison system work when someone could so easily slip out of handcuffs or a jail cell?
If you got any comments or additional questions to propose, please feel free to comment
I'm not quite sure on how some stuff might develop for them. Some things i've considered is stuff like housing, would they lodge like a human, or maybe they would choose to live a more ascetic lifestyle as a deep slit in a rock is good enough to sleep in for them. Lock-boxes and the like wouldn't work as a bandit could just imitate a key to break into it, so what could be a replacement (And basically just storing things safely in general)? Or how would a prison system work when someone could so easily slip out of handcuffs or a jail cell?
If you got any comments or additional questions to propose, please feel free to comment