Actually that wasn't his C-Pod... just a tiny little wrist band that acts as a temporary 'guest pass' that allows access to his C-Space (kinda like a hotel keycard). The C-Pod itself... that sucker is meant to NEVER come off, as Washu intended it to be his lifeline in the event he does get punted.
And yeah, you're pretty much right on the nose with Yume. I was going to swing it so her people are actually a group of uplifts. Profoundly intelligent, but only because they developed on a world that's just that much meaner than Earth was back in the day. Her society is Matriarchal and highly monogamous with small, tightly knit family groups like wolf packs. The bite itself? An injection of a naturally occurring retroviral compound that keys her intended to her pheromones. As for outliers, it's not unheard of for a group of sisters to corral a single male they all happen to like.
Yume left because she saw her own people as clinging to their primitive ways (the uplift didn't really stick - while they incorporated newer technologies into their society, they still like their old ways). So, she left, probably got her heart broken a time or two, and then met Washu and the rest is history. (Washu is probably the closest thing Yume had to a Pack Sister in those days...)
And yeah, you're pretty much right on the nose with Yume. I was going to swing it so her people are actually a group of uplifts. Profoundly intelligent, but only because they developed on a world that's just that much meaner than Earth was back in the day. Her society is Matriarchal and highly monogamous with small, tightly knit family groups like wolf packs. The bite itself? An injection of a naturally occurring retroviral compound that keys her intended to her pheromones. As for outliers, it's not unheard of for a group of sisters to corral a single male they all happen to like.
Yume left because she saw her own people as clinging to their primitive ways (the uplift didn't really stick - while they incorporated newer technologies into their society, they still like their old ways). So, she left, probably got her heart broken a time or two, and then met Washu and the rest is history. (Washu is probably the closest thing Yume had to a Pack Sister in those days...)