Peggy asked the question that didn't need answering. Merely looking at the bit-of-flesh gave her all the information she need, and yet she still plucked it gingerly from his hand and gave it a proper squint in the almost-dawn light. More and more of it was spilling into the valley with ever minute. The tentacle twitched still, thrumming along to a beat she soon realized came in concert with her own pulse. Perturbed, she let the appendage drop.
"Likely native. Or else another opportunist of the same calibre as you and I. I'm not certain which possibility I prefer least. Although--" Peggy paused. Watched him. "Can you describe it?"
Perhaps she wanted to know the dimensions of whatever creature could do that to him.
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Peggy asked the question that didn't need answering. Merely looking at the bit-of-flesh gave her all the information she need, and yet she still plucked it gingerly from his hand and gave it a proper squint in the almost-dawn light. More and more of it was spilling into the valley with ever minute. The tentacle twitched still, thrumming along to a beat she soon realized came in concert with her own pulse. Perturbed, she let the appendage drop.
"Likely native. Or else another opportunist of the same calibre as you and I. I'm not certain which possibility I prefer least. Although--" Peggy paused. Watched him. "Can you describe it?"
Perhaps she wanted to know the dimensions of whatever creature could do that to him.