Alien- Viola's Leg

  “I tried. I yelled and I screamed and I tried to break off pieces of the cocoon. Those things just put another layer on. When I kicked them, they kicked back.” She grimaces, nose wrinkling. “That’s what happened to my leg. They’re sharp. I don’t suggest kicking them.”
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You can’t fit my whole body in your backpack.” She looks at the place where her leg isn’t and chuckles, darkly. “Not that I have a whole body.

Echo, Chapter 17