"God"

All across its body, the anchoring points of muscles on the lacework and plates of bone shifted.  Organs that had had nothing to do with physical prowess could all contract and relax, and each of these organs settled into a new anchoring point.

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Those cries were written to memory, as the existence of the creature’s brother was written deep into the bone plates it was growing.

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The damage had been so mild, but it had scored armor plates and slid between plates to cut into flesh with surprising ease.

Enemy (Arc 9)