The segmented things, transparently thin and like a palm-sized pillbug continued to shimmy up me. I made another ineffectual stab with the rock and to...my surprise, the onrush of panic dulled.As though I had been drugged.I knew I should have still been terrified, but something switched, as though this weird bug was no more than a tick I could have burned out at my convenience.The rationales seemed to come out in another voice, like an actress paid to give her best interpretation of my internal. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!" I roared like wounded lion."AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" with all the force my lungs could give.I kept roaring until my throat could not pass a sound. I kept roaring until I collapsed.I slid down to the floor, folding into a fetal position and kept sobbing.I heard a sound — Tracy was at the bedroom door sobbing."Daddy, take another tranquilizer, please."I pushed her away. I could not face her or anyone else.I remained alone in my room, folded on the floor, sobbing. As I got out I saw one truck-driver watching with interest as we met at the front of the car then I was lead away to the woods. We went into the woods on a foot path, and a only a few short feet into the woods there was a picnic table. "Take off your shorts," was all Daddy said as he put the blanket he got out of the car on the end of the table. When I had stepped out of my shorts I went into Daddy's arms, and after a tongue-wrestling kiss he spun me around to face away from him. With a hand. Hoisting a satchel filled with supplies, the tall woman combed her fingers through her long brown hair to clear her vision while the rest of her crew made their way out of the pod.“Some bruises and a few light burns from the heat ma’am, but for the most part we’re alright.” Called out Jacobs the medical officer, helping another crew member out of the door who wore a splint over his leg. The man squirming to stand on his good leg before hopping over to a splintered tree stump and using it as a.