"Alright, alright," Alex said defensively. "I was just trying to come up with a solution..." Admittedly, it was pretty difficult to think in that situation, especially under an adrenaline withdrawal. "I'm Alex, by the way," he said sheepishly. "Field biologist."<br/><br/>He was thinking. There had to be some way to lure the thing out. But in order to do so, it was necessary to figure out what had attracted the worm to Kat in the first place. Was it a female pheromone? Did it just go for the first warm, living thing it saw? Perhaps if there was another worm they could figure it out. The idea momentarily excited Alex's curiosity - this could be the discovery of a fascinating new species! - but then reality caught up with him and he thought it might be better not to meet another one of these.<br/><br/>Wait... "Where the hell did that thing come from, anyway? What happened here before I awoke?"