Jean held out his hand to stop Crystal. "Don't shoot. The intel from the colonists said that these things aren't aggressive unless they're threatened, it'll keep its distance unless its hungry, but if we shoot it and there are more on the other side of that dune they'll come for us." He put his hand down and watched the reptile on the dune for a moment before deciding the thing probably wasn't hungry. "Come on," he said and turned his SHELL toward the east, beginning the long walk that would take them to the colony.

The lizard dog on the dune watched as the group began to move away from their ship and walked along the dunes, keeping them in sight but staying far enough that they wouldn't be able to kill it. It was hungry and these things were leaving their mother, they were good prey.