“Might your crew mates have worked together to raise the lid? One or more of them could have escaped before it dropped down again.”
They spent so much time trying to get me, they didn’t consider that cooperation would secure their release. Nor did they try to free their wings. Maybe they couldn’t.
Kaden chewed his fingernail. “Should we be worried?”
Joe didn’t answer, which was worrying in itself.
“I asked you before about the safety of the planet. Do they have the capacity to damage it?”
I don’t know.
“If they slipped inside someone, could they control them? Could you fully control me?”
I don’t know.
“You’re sayingI don’t knowto a lot of questions. You’ve already manipulated my body. You made me speak. You made me hit those guys and Harris.”
Full control might be possible. It would be difficult. For me anyway. I was engineered to protect and defend.
“But if two got out and were able to mate…”Oh God.“How quickly can reproduction take place? Were there any females?” He was getting more and more anxious.
Those who are fertilised produce many young over a short space of time.
That sounded like eggs.
Not eggs. More like…frog spawn.
“Frog spawniseggs.”
Oh. Yes. It is.
“Could they be laid inside a human?”
I can’t think that could happen.
Thinkwasn’t reassuring.
Would you prefer I say that I don’t know?
Kaden heaved a sigh. “How many survived the crash?”
Ten including me.
“How many were on board?”
Three thousand.
Kaden wondered if more had survived than Joe had thought. Maybe he ought to go and look for the spacecraft.
Perhaps.
“But I’m not sure I could kill anything. I catch and release spiders. I go out of my way not to step on ants.”
You have a big heart.
Which was why he was stuck with Joe.
Kaden almost felt Joe recoil. But it was the truth.
