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Nova clutched her lacerated leg and cursed. Thick water broke her fall, but her leg sliced on something sharp and white. Light streamed from the hole in the alien sky above.
"Chief! Thin ground. Watch your step."
"Roger. You OK down there?"
Through the light she saw ribbons of blood streaming from her leg. The cutting white plates floated around her.
"Just get me out."
She grabbed one of the plates. It was hard, brittle, and subtly curved. It cracked between her fingers.
"Chief. I think it's organic."
A thousand legs clicked behind her. Inside the giant egg, Nova shrieked.