"Well, I was dropped from the sky in a black egg on May 5, 1786.  I hatched, along with hundreds of siblings, the next day.  Nearly a dozen of us, myself included, were saved in jars of water, but when we started dying off, they froze me.  I was kept frozen until seven years ago, when some scientists thawed me out.  To their suprise, I had remained alive in a dormant stage for all those years." Morea paused to catch her breath.