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Hapoo

Hapoo is the first character on the whole roster, and the only one whose arc you can't skip. He turns up on day one damp and scruffy, watching from a distance rather than approaching. Every level after that is him deciding, gradually, that you're worth trusting. By the time he's fully himself, brass tag and all, he's the one waiting by the door before you've even picked up the lead.

He is the one the app is named after, and the only character you are given rather than sent to find. Everybody starts with him, which means his four looks are the ones you watch change over weeks rather than meet all at once. The damp, wary version in week one and the brass-tagged version in month three are the same drawing underneath, and that is deliberate.

Owners tend to notice the middle two tiers more than the ends. Stray is striking and the finished article is satisfying, but Settling is the one people mention: the point where he stops watching from across the grass and starts walking slightly ahead of you, checking back.