A multitude of Coxiens at Joe's feet fumbled and tumbled over her boots, whilst one or two of them fell upon her shoulders and wriggled about slowly. Then, as if on cue, dozens of the pod-like alien specimens started to rain down all around Joe and fill the very ground itself with a mass of chittering Coxiens who edged towards their new prey.<br/><br/>Gracoxien paused in thought as his tendrils of information reached out and touched his fellows, then he boomed once more to Anna, "<em>Very well...</em>" In a tired mental voice. The Gracoxien lurched up, then made his slow descent towards where Anna and Maya were, surrounded by Coxiens who bobbed up and down all around him.