It’s like I’m being bitten but in a new way. Half an hour of tepid stimulation went by, and still there was no sign of the bug. Remember that it’s looking at the world as if it was just born. She assigned a few chores to her daughter before taking her outside and waiting for the work van to pick up the adult girl. She had turned off all the apartment’s lights before going to the clinic. Separated from mankind, sectoids could still reproduce except not as profusely as when mating with a human. “I brought it a friend.”
The mentally challenged young woman never ceased to surprise and delight her mother. The previous one had wanted milk. “At least you could buy me a drink before-”
The creature stepped forward, its six legs straddling her ankles. It’s just like skin that peels off after a sunburn, except the bug is suppose to shed its hard skin or it can’t grow.”
“Wow.” Adeline said softly.
