"God"

This creature was already working to build better defenses.  The gaps in the bone lace closed even as damage was done, the creature dissolved unneeded organs and cannibalized them for resources.  Slowly, the bone lace, closed, would total six overlapping skeletal structures of collagen and calcium, of keratin, and of crystal.  Different combinations of material went into each structure.  Flight would be impossible, but the wings did allow the creature to push against the air as well as the ground, flapping with more and more strength as it reconfigured how the muscles supported the wings.

Enemy Arc 9