With Jack's words, the screeching stopped for a long, quiet moment. The Doctor felt panic seize his hearts. He knew a lot of life lived in the Andromeda sector, but he didn't know all of it. This creature looked hostile, and it acted that way. What if Jack had unintentionally incited attack?
Then, a long tentacle shot up into the glow from the pearl in Jack's hand. Then another, and another, and a large, wet mass moved up, its body covered in those spindly tentacles. Then, without warning, every part of the wet mass moved, opening up as it revealed thousands of tiny eyes, the tentacles protruding from the lids like enormous eyelashes. Its pupils dilated in the dim light.
The screeching began again, and the Doctor translated. "Our world is gone, we only seek---no, past, sought out a world to live." The screeching stopped again, and it slowed down, as though recognizing that the Doctor was translating. "Your seas are empty, we assumed the world was.
"We wish no harm on the animals---no, no, no, that's people, it's not trying to insult, it's just a colloquialism---on this world. The gift we offered before was to show you that."
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Then, a long tentacle shot up into the glow from the pearl in Jack's hand. Then another, and another, and a large, wet mass moved up, its body covered in those spindly tentacles. Then, without warning, every part of the wet mass moved, opening up as it revealed thousands of tiny eyes, the tentacles protruding from the lids like enormous eyelashes. Its pupils dilated in the dim light.
The screeching began again, and the Doctor translated. "Our world is gone, we only seek---no, past, sought out a world to live." The screeching stopped again, and it slowed down, as though recognizing that the Doctor was translating. "Your seas are empty, we assumed the world was.
"We wish no harm on the animals---no, no, no, that's people, it's not trying to insult, it's just a colloquialism---on this world. The gift we offered before was to show you that."