12-22-2015, 10:07 PM
The pain of his jaw bone cracking apart was unbearable. Khell knew it saved him from choking to death on the pod, but that didn't lessen the sensation of his bones splintering and then jerking apart from the sockets. How was he even going to recover from this? Making things even worse was the total indifference he received from the mantis. The beast didn't seek to find out if he was all right or to even help.
Khell's tongue hung loosely out of his mouth without a lower jaw to keep it in place. He felt a hard bulge push against his sternum as his stomach muscles forced it upward. His lungs burned against the pressure. Another pain, wrenching sound gurgled up out of his throat at the same time as the sixth pod. It stretched his lips open wide, the corners of his mouth cracking and bleeding. With a final heave, it plopped into the hole.
Khell's tongue hung loosely out of his mouth without a lower jaw to keep it in place. He felt a hard bulge push against his sternum as his stomach muscles forced it upward. His lungs burned against the pressure. Another pain, wrenching sound gurgled up out of his throat at the same time as the sixth pod. It stretched his lips open wide, the corners of his mouth cracking and bleeding. With a final heave, it plopped into the hole.