With all my defenses shut, I was basically exposing myself bare to the interstellar creature. I could sense a force urging my heart to believe that the interstellar creature would be able to feel my sincerity. Suddenly, I felt a massive paw on my helmet. It was exceptionally heavy. The creature had actually come before me without making a sound.

"Success. This fellow is finally moving," I grew excited.

In the darkness, I could hear it extending the sharp part of its mouth toward me. It seemed to be performing a detailed scan of me. My nervous heart slowly calmed down. In the darkness, I stood straight and allowed the creature to study me for over a minute. Suddenly, two shining purple balls appeared in front of me.

I allowed my eyes to adapt to the level of lighting and looked over. The two purple orbs were actually the creature's eyes. In the darkness, they appeared rather dazzling. The eyes looked like they were shining nets, somewhat similar to the compound eyes possessed by Blue's insects. I could clearly see that within the creature's eye sockets were massive eyeballs that constantly...