Once in a while it might help evade a predator or catch prey, but in general, being fast and strong and a good sniffer helps more. The ability to think and talk is a neat trick that really helps when interacting with humanoids and navigating their world. Animals don't "need" Intelligence and don't view it in a necessarily positive light the way humanoids do. They don't have prejudice towards non-awakened animals. Yes, they still think of themselves as animals. So I think it makes sense for the awakening to be permanent down to the genetic level.ΔΆ. It's also a setting where magical experiments can create things like owlbears and mongrelfolk. Sure, why not? This is a setting where you can cast speak with animals which acknowledeges that animals' thoughts are at least complex enough to translate into language, even if the animals themselves lack the power of speech. Moreover, if an awakened animal breeds with a non-awakened animal, the offspring would have an Intelligence somewhere in between the two, and be able to speak crudely.
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