Neb took a quick trip into the ship's hold, when reached it he headed for some innocent-looking crates in the corner and opened one of them.
He reached inside and pulled out a large cocoon-ish thing, green and covered in slime it pulsed slowly in his hands, like a steady heartbeat.
He put it on the ground and proceeded to pull out several more, afted doing so he closed the crate again and left the hold.
In the darkness of the hold, the cocoons, now freed from the confines of the crate, began growing, changing..... And later.... Bursting open...
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