Apparently it's Age Regression April, and we're almost over... better late than never, I guess?

Anyway, remember some time ago when I said these two would be perfect for TF stuff? That was one of them. It's also a bit of a mythology gag, as the creator's first drawing of Niles was an "age timeline" caharcter design college assignment (https://www.furaffinity.net/view/6517118), and thus, you can say it's his "literal" birth.

Maybe Niles' personality as a child wouldn't be the same as the original sketch, though. Him being a violence afficionado even as a baby seems too comedic to fit the tone of TRaTR nowadays.

In this one, he's become 10 years old. Red remains his regular age, and while his friend is no longer blind, he's also a lot weaker than his adult self, so these two might want to stick together until they can revert this. Two questions, though: How are they gonna carry that backpack, and where they'll find some makeshift clothing? Maybe you guys can come up with something, because I can't.

Possibly the most difficult part was coloring Niles' irises. In old concept art, he's shown with blue eyes, but I thought it would be redudant since Red and Rolo also have this eye color. In the end, the idea stuck.

Don't worry, it will all be back to normal by the end of the month.

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