Noctisardor Bypass rokshawa

for cleetus! 
skaigona needed no further urging. she darted forward, snapping jaws around the carapace of the odd creature. it flailed its odd claws, and she saw with the snapping how her sister had been hurt.
the girl herself caught a glancing blow. she bit harder and harder, until an audible crunch was heard. the thing was still. skaigona let it fall to the ground, screwing up her face at the odd taste.
"a water bug," she decided, sniffing delicately at the ruined shell.