[Bruce watches the exchange impassively, and then steps up beside it as well. He pulls his gauntlets off - flexible as they are, he gets a better tactile sense without them - and smoothes a hand over the egg. It feels warm - unnaturally so - but the shell is as smooth and polished as a cut stone.
His examination is quick, efficient and largely harmless, though he does use a scanner from his belt, which gives him the turtle's heartbeat and core temperature. Then he frowns, steps back and away from it.]
I want the shell when it's hatched.
[It's not made of the usual calcified compounds. In fact, it's more similar in composition to the hard surface of the turtleshell.]
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His examination is quick, efficient and largely harmless, though he does use a scanner from his belt, which gives him the turtle's heartbeat and core temperature. Then he frowns, steps back and away from it.]
I want the shell when it's hatched.
[It's not made of the usual calcified compounds. In fact, it's more similar in composition to the hard surface of the turtleshell.]