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“Where? . . . What” . . . ,Zyphyx thought as he regained consciousness.
He had a vague memory of something hitting his ship as he was about to shift into hyperdrive to avoid the humans’ flying craft.
“Must have been some new weapon they’ve developed,” he concluded as he became more aware of things. “There was nothing about this is the galactic guide.”
He began to focus more on the present, on his immediate concerns. He tried to rise, but couldn’t; seven podi - the humans called them tentacles, he knew from the guide - were bound by metal straps. Another strap bound his cephalotorso, all atop a cold metal table. An examining table, he concluded, similar to the tables other explorers had used to examine the humans they abducted. Now, he realized, he was the subject of examination.
His eyelids were open, but his eyes were covered by their nictitating membranes to keep them moist. The membranes were useful in other ways: he could see through them, but no one could see his eyes behind the membranes. He visually surveyed the room.
Yes it was a lab; that was clear. And, yes, he was going to be studied. How would they do it, he wondered. Pricks and probes and samples, like he would have done? Not vivisection, he hoped; he hadn’t come to this planet to die. Just then a door opened. Zyphyx heard steps approaching the table and its bound specimen. He steeled himself for whatever might happen next.
He had a vague memory of something hitting his ship as he was about to shift into hyperdrive to avoid the humans’ flying craft.
“Must have been some new weapon they’ve developed,” he concluded as he became more aware of things. “There was nothing about this is the galactic guide.”
He began to focus more on the present, on his immediate concerns. He tried to rise, but couldn’t; seven podi - the humans called them tentacles, he knew from the guide - were bound by metal straps. Another strap bound his cephalotorso, all atop a cold metal table. An examining table, he concluded, similar to the tables other explorers had used to examine the humans they abducted. Now, he realized, he was the subject of examination.
His eyelids were open, but his eyes were covered by their nictitating membranes to keep them moist. The membranes were useful in other ways: he could see through them, but no one could see his eyes behind the membranes. He visually surveyed the room.
Yes it was a lab; that was clear. And, yes, he was going to be studied. How would they do it, he wondered. Pricks and probes and samples, like he would have done? Not vivisection, he hoped; he hadn’t come to this planet to die. Just then a door opened. Zyphyx heard steps approaching the table and its bound specimen. He steeled himself for whatever might happen next.