Moth spies.
No, they are not like my squirrel mafia, which contains squirrel-people.
These are INSANELY advanced mages who work for the government whose best talent is shape shifting. They can change into literally a swarm of moths (or other life forms, as long as the mass of whatever they change into a swarm of is equal to their mass as a human) that all have a hive mind, so that they can see and hear in different locations at the same time, gathering more intel, yet still being the same person.
However, this has some major drawbacks though: having your mind in literally a thousand places at once can be very disorienting, and dangerous when you try to put yourself back together. Another life-threatening issue is that your body is now made up of multiple life forms, so if any of them get injured/killed, part of your physical body is now injured/destroyed. This can be as simple as losing part of your eyebrow or fingernail, or missing a chunk of your heart. Also, there is the obvious clothing issue, and knowing where you’ll return to your full human state so that you can redress.
I have no idea how this special intelligence force would work in my story. I also obviously don’t have all the kinks worked out on these shifters’ anatomy and how it deals with shapeshifting (there is a conservation of mass issue), but I intend to work these issues out. I got this idea from seeing a cool book cover today with flying moths, so this is a seriously new plot bunny.
