Finn wondered if all the Nektons had a death wish, or if it was just Ant. Fontaine had just finished explaining how the Nektons' fossil exploration had gone. The fossils hadn't been fossils, but a still existing species; the exploration team had lost rebreathers and -in Ant's case- an entire wetsuit; and the entire family had nearly been eaten.
In short, disastrously.
"Who in their right mind sees a giant, hatching egg, and decides to stick around?"
Fontaine smirked. "Whoever claims that Ant is in his right mind has obviously never met him. What would you have done?"
"Gotten away before the egg hatched, hide my trail before the mother came back," Finn said. "Not stuck around with the baby, and for seas' sake, I wouldn't have fed it!"
"Maybe you should come along with us next time to make sure Ant doesn't get a giant baby alligator to imprint on him," Fontaine said.
"Crocodile, actually." Finn pointed to the video image from the Swamp Knight. "See how all the teeth are poking out and the pointy muzzle? Alligators have broader muzzles that hide all the teeth."
"I was trying to avoid the muzzle, Finn," Fontaine dead-panned.
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Interning on the Aronnax
Fanfiction(AU starting on S1E7; mostly drabble-sized chapters) Finn makes his choice, but somehow gets kicked off of the Aronnax and the Dark Orca. Joining the Nektons is still his hope, but first he has to convince them that he's a good guy. Luckily, he's go...
