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Anonymous writes...
All Hail Greg! (Ahem.) I'd like to make this short and sweet so I'll keep it as brief as possible. It gets REALLY technical and. . .a little disgusting so bear with me. Whenever a gargoyle was shattered in the series (the killings at Castle Wyvern, etc), no blood/internal organs were present. I can understand why you wouldn't want to show such things in a cartoon, but I would like to know: Does the inside of a gargoyle turn into stone during the day as well as the outside? If so, how is this internal stone "shed"? If not, the lungs, heart, etc. would have to continue to function or the internal organs would die. This is impossible because gargoyles do not breathe while they are asleep. Or. . .perhaps you have an explanation I've overlooked. Thanx!!!
Greg responds...
At sunrise (more or less), the entire gargoyle body turns into an organic substance that resembles stone, placing the gargoyle in a state of suspended animation. The body does function to some degree. The organic "stone-like" substance absorbs solar energy. The internal biological clock continues to function. Healing takes place. Dreaming too. But to a large degree, a daytime gargoyle is for all intents and purposes a stone statue.
At sunset (more or less), the transformation reverses from the inside out, leaving only a shedable outer layer of "stone" that cracks off as the gargoyle awakens.