"I dunno. I've never seen one of them before!" But he wasn't about to be caught unprepared. Nagate headed directly towards the shuttle, opening fire on the creature with the Tsugumori's gatling guns.

The bullets tore into the creature's sides, but it continued making a beeline for the shuttle, trying to attach itself, remora-like, to the craft's hull. Nagate stopped firing in case he hit Lafiel.

"Hey, look out! It's after you!"

Or maybe after what the shuttle was carrying.