[IC] New Crobuzon & the World Beyond

[Crozar the Sunspot]

"Oh he is full grown, and not precisely a he. It will be genderless until we find it's next host."

Knowing that Simon will be curious to see how her baby is doing she lifts her tunic to reveal the black, slug-like creature attached across her abdomen.

"He is looking so healthy and plump." She remarks petting it gently. As se does another ey ball, bright blue, on a purple eyestalk peeks out from her hood to look down at it's sibling on her belly, then glances up at everyone before darting back into her head, every bit like a shy child hiding behind it's mother's skirts.

Crozar's eyes widen at the reveal of the larvae.  "Fascinating," it said softly. "So your species is born in a pupal state?  Do you go through a caccooning phase like a butterfly, or a gradual larval shedding like the Cray or Corokanth, or something else entirely?"