"Resists" acid

Running along the beach, I juked sideways as something surged out of the water. It looked like a giant bug, at least fourteen feet long. It couldn’t be an actual bug, any more than the fae I was carrying was a bug because the primitive systems insects used to breathe couldn’t support large creatures; the only reason larger insects had existed in the past on Earth was the higher oxygen content.

I dropped the Fae, and I lunged for the creature, which tried to stab me with a proboscis.

It hit, and I screamed as I felt something burn like acid as it was pumped into my system. I immediately discarded the flesh, like some lizards discarded their tails, but the memory of that pain made me cautious.

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Inferno