Crab Mover Sand-Burrowing Desert-Transit Animal Debut

Status: pending · Technique: world-building-install, prop-tell, background-symbol

The seed

Why this matters

First on-page Crab-Mover-as-desert-transit-animal. The buries-themselves-in-the-sand-so-rarely-seen tell adds to the Alabasta-desert-ecology world-building (alongside the Bananagators, Sandora Rapids river-dragon, Spot-Billed Ducks, and Camels). Soft world-building install for Alabasta-as-distinct-fauna-biome.

Predicted payoff

• One-chapter cameo as a mount — the Crab Mover itself is not a recurring character.
• World-building register persists — Alabasta-fauna-as-extreme-environment-adapted continues.

Cross-links

• Eyelashes (summoner)
• Eyelashes Camel Crab Mover Friend Network Sand-Crab Reveal (sister-seed — the summoning mechanic)
• Alabasta Desert Ecology (potential expansion)