@matrix They're children. They're literally humans with childish heads and faces and personalities
@applejack largely exaggerated though in such case
@matrix That's kinda the point, they're more childlike than actual children
On the neoteny scale it's:
adults <------------> babies <------------> anime girls
The reason they look like kittens is because baby animals are neotenous like human babies, hence why we find them cute
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